29 Oct. Chester. For John de Neville. To the king’s beloved and faithful R. de Passelewe, archdeacon of Lewes and his associates, itinerant justices taking the pleas of the forest. The king has given respite to John de Neville, son of Hugh de Neville, until the morrow of Hilary in the thirtieth year, from all trespasses made in the king’s forest, and from all pleas, having, however, retained his bailiwick in the king’s hand. Order to permit him to have peace therefrom until the aforesaid term, as aforesaid.

For John de Neville. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has given respite to John de Neville, son of Hugh de Neville, until the morrow of Hilary in the thirtieth year, from all the debts which he owes him, because John has mainperned to satisfy the king for them then. Order to permit him to have that respite.

For John of Gatesden. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has given respite to his beloved and faithful John of Gatesden, until Hilary in the thirtieth year, from the £10 which he ought to have rendered at Michaelmas in the twenty-ninth year for a fine which he made with him for rendering £20 per annum for his debts. Order to cause him to have that respite.

For John de Burgh. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has given respite to his beloved and faithful John de Burgh, until Hilary in the thirtieth year, from the 20 m. at which he was amerced before the itinerant justices taking the pleas of the forest. Order to cause the same to have the respite.

For the earl of Norfolk. The king has given respite to R. earl of Norfolk, until Hilary in the twentieth year [sic], from the £40 which he owes him for the aid granted to the king towards marrying his first-born daughter and for divers other debts which he does not recognise [are owing] to the king. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause him to have that respite.

29 Oct. Chester. For Warin de Munchesney. To the constable of Rochester. Because the king’s beloved and faithful Warin de Munchesney, who was with the king in his army of Deganwy, says that he ought to be quit of the ward that he owes at the king’s aforesaid castle [of Rochester] for as long as he will be with the king in the army, and that in times past, during which he was with the king in other armies by the king’s order, he was to be quit of the aforesaid ward for as long as they had lasted, order to permit him to have peace from the demand that he makes from him for ward of the aforesaid castle for the time when he was with the king in the aforesaid army until the king orders otherwise.

For William Heyrun. The king has granted to William Heyrun that he is to render 2 m. at the Exchequer of Easter in the thirtieth year and 2 m. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the same year of the 4 m. which are exacted from him by summons of the Exchequer for the crop of the land formerly of Ingeram of Warenton and for the plevin of Robert son of Adam. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

1 Nov. Chester. For Henry of Hastings. The king has given respite to Henry of Hastings, until Hilary in the thirtieth year, from the £189 which are exacted from him by summons of the Exchequer for the debts of Ranulf and John, formerly earls of Chester. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause him to have that respite.

For Robert de Guines. The king has given respite to Robert de Guines, until Easter in the thirtieth year, from the demand which the barons of the Exchequer make from him for several scutages. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause him to have that respite and to cause his livestock taken from him for this reason him to be delivered to him.

For John de Plessetis. The king has given respite to John de Plessetis, until Easter in the thirtieth year, from the aid generally granted to the king towards first-born daughter. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause him to have that respite.

[No date]. Memorandum in the Close Roll concerning placing the debts of the Earl Marshal in respite. ¹

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See CR 1242–47, p.368.

[No date]. Staffordshire. Robert Marshal gives 2 m. for having a writ against Richard de Venables relating to the county of Staffordshire [moved] to Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Staffordshire etc.

8 Nov. Worcester. For Hugh de Butyun. The king has given respite to Hugh de Butyun, until the octaves of Hilary in the thirtieth year, from the demand which is exacted from him by summons of the Exchequer for the debts of Geoffrey Chamberlain. Order to the sheriff of Warwickshire to permit him to have that respite.

Cumberland. Adam of Brigham gives 1 m. for having a precipe [to remove a plea] from the county court of Cumberland to [the justices of the Bench at] Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Cumberland etc. ¹

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The marginal county heading has been corrected to ‘Cumberland’ from ‘Cornwall’.

12 Nov. Worcester. For Hamo de Crèvecoeur. To the barons of the Exchequer. Order to place in respite, until the Close of Easter in the thirtieth year, all the debts in which the king’s beloved and faithful Hamo de Crèvecoeur is held to him. ¹

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This entry is written in a smaller hand than those surrounding it.

13 Nov. Evesham. For Robert [de] Tregoz. The king has given respite ¹ to Robert [de] Tresgoz, until the quindene of Hilary in the thirtieth year, from all the debts which he owes him and which are exacted from him by summons of the Exchequer. ² Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause him to have that respite.

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Corrected from ‘has taken the homage’.

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‘until the quindene of Hilary’ is repeated and deleted here.

For Roger de Mohaut. The king has given respite to Roger de Mohaut, until the octaves of Hilary in the thirtieth year, from the aid granted to the king towards marrying his first-born daughter. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk not to distrain him on account of this in the meantime and, if he has taken any livestock or other chattels, he is to deliver them to him.

15 Nov. Woodstock. For Godfrey de Gamages. The king has granted to Godfrey de Gamages that he is to render £10 per annum, namely 100s. at Easter in the thirtieth year and 100s. at Michaelmas next following, and £10 thus from year to year at the same terms until 80 m. are paid to the king, for the 80 m. which he owes him for the debts which he owed to Mosse son of Hamo, Jew of Hereford, which debts are in the king’s hand, ¹ namely so that if Godfrey defaults in the observance of any of his terms towards the payment of the aforesaid money, that which he shall have paid to the king thereof will have no value to him and is to be held for nothing. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

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Corrected from ‘for his debts and the debts of his father’.

For the abbot of Crowland. The king has pardoned to the abbot of Crowland 20 m. of the 50 m. at which he was amerced before the justices last itinerant to take the pleas of the forest in Northamptonshire; and has granted him that, concerning the remaining 30 m., he is to render 20 m. at Easter in the thirtieth year and 10 m. at Michaelmas next following. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause him to be quit from the aforesaid 20 m. and to have the aforesaid terms for the same 30 m.

For Ralph de Mortimer. The king has granted to Ralph de Mortimer that he is to render 25 m. per annum, namely 12½ m. at Easter in the thirtieth year and 12½ m. at Michaelmas in the same year, and 25 m. thus from year to year at the same terms until 100 m. are paid to the king, for the 100 m. at which he was amerced before the justices last itinerant in Hampshire. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

[No date]. Sussex. Peter de Hotot gives half a mark for having a precipe [to remove a plea] from the county court of Sussex to [the justices of the Bench at] Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Sussex etc.

21 Nov. Woodstock. Concerning lands that are to be taken into the king’s hand. Order to the sheriff of Berkshire to take into the king’s hand the manor of Letcombe Regis and to keep it safely towards answering therefor at the Exchequer, so that neither the bailiff of the abbot of Cluny nor the prior of Thetford shall have administration of the same manor.

Concerning lands to be taken into the king’s hand. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk to distrain the same prior to render the farm of the same manor to the king from the time when the king committed custody of that to him.

[No date]. Norfolk. Henry, son of Henry of Caldecote, gives 1 m. for having a writ of inquiry. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk etc.

[No date]. Berkshire. Geoffrey of Stockwell gives half a mark for having a precipe [to remove a plea] from the county court of Berkshire to [the justices of the Bench at] Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Berkshire etc.

[No date]. Nottinghamshire. Margaret of Stokeham gives 1 m. for having a pone [to remove a plea] from the county court of Nottinghamshire to [the justices of the Bench at] Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Nottinghamshire etc.

Concerning wheat and other things that are to be sold. Order to John de Gray, justice of Chester that, by the view of Henry of Wingham, he is to sell 198 quarters of wheat, 36 quarters of oats, 54 quarters of flour and 28½ tuns of wine, which remained at Chester after the king [withdrew] and to deliver the monies arising therefrom to the king’s chamberlain of Chester to keep.

27 Nov. Wallingford. For the count of Bigorre. Order to Jeremy of Caxton to cause Stephen de Heryzun’, valet of the count of Bigorre, to have seisin of the manor of Petworth to the use of the same count by the extent which he [Jeremy] and the sheriff of Sussex are to make, having retained in the king’s hand advowsons of churches, marriages, wardships, sergeanties, and all manner of other escheats.

[No date]. The men of Worcester have made fine for their tallage by 80 m., of which they shall pay one moiety in the quindene of Easter and the other moiety in the quindene of Michaelmas.

The men of Oxford have made fine for their tallage by 200 m., of which they shall pay etc. as above.

[No date]. Memorandum that on Saturday next after Ash Wednesday in the year of the reign of King H., son of King John, ¹ in the king’s chamber at Winchester before the same king (coram Ipso domino Rege), the bishop of Winchester and the king’s council, the mayor and citizens of Winchester recognised that whenever the king assesses tallage upon his demesne lands, he is able to tallage them each individually (sigillatim per singula capita). However, the king, by his grace, grants them on this occasion that they are to pay him 200 m. for tallage, of which they will render a moiety at the Close of Easter and a moiety at Michaelmas.

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No regnal year is given.

From here it is to be sent to the Exchequer.

The men of Bristol have made fine with the king for their tallage by 400 m., of which 100 m. is to be rendered to the king at Michaelmas in the thirtieth year, 100 m. at Easter next following, and 200 m. in the year next following at the same terms.

The men of Cookham and Bray have made fine with the king for their tallage by 120 m., of which a moiety is to be rendered to the king at this Easter in the thirtieth year, and a moiety at Michaelmas in the same year.

The men of New and Old Windsor have made fine with the king for the same tallage, by paying 30 m. to him at the same terms.

The men of Southampton give 300 m. to the king for the same.

The men of Andover, 100 m. for the same, to be paid to the king at the same terms.

The men of Basingstoke, 40 m. for the same, to be paid to the king at the same terms.

The men of Marlborough, 50 m. for the same, to be paid to the king at the same terms.

The men of Alton, 60 m. for the same, to be paid to the king at the same terms.

The men of Ludgershall, 4 m. for the same, to be paid to the king at the same terms.

From here it is to be sent to the Exchequer.

The men of Kingston upon Thames, £40 for the same, at the same terms. The men of Kempton, £10 for the same, at the same terms.

From here it is to be sent to the Exchequer.

The men of Canterbury give 100 m. for the same. And one moiety is to be paid on the morrow of the Nativity of St John the Baptist in the thirtieth year, and the other moiety on the morrow of All Souls. The men of Rochester give 20 m. for the same. And one moiety is to be paid on the morrow of the Nativity of St John the Baptist in the thirtieth year, and the other moiety on the morrow of All Souls. The men of Gloucester give 80 m. for the same, and a moiety is to be paid on the morrow of Trinity and a moiety on the morrow of All Souls. The men of Hereford give 60 m. for the same, and a moiety is to be paid on the morrow of Trinity and a moiety on the morrow of Michaelmas. The citizens of London give 2000 m. for the same, and they shall pay 500 m. at this Easter, 500 m. at the Nativity of St. John the Baptist, 500 m. at Michaelmas following, and 500 m. at Hilary in the thirty-first year.

From here it is to be sent to the Exchequer.

The men of Lugwardine give 100s. for the same. The men of Marden give 8 m. for the same. The men of Winchcombe give 9 m. for the same. The men of Droitwich give 9 m. 7s. for the same. The men of the manors of Bromsgrove and King’s Norton give 20 m. for the same. The men of Feckenham give 100s. for the same.

From here it is to be sent to the Exchequer.

From the villate of Salisbury, 5 m. From the villate of Devizes, 12 m. From the villate of Rowde, 6 m. From the villate of Melksham, 20 m. ¹

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This list continues onto the dorse of membrane 19. See no. 73 below.

29 Nov. Windsor. For the earl of Gloucester. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause the earl of Gloucester to have respite, until the octaves of Hilary in the thirtieth year, from all debts which he owes to the king, both for the aid granted to the king towards marrying his first-born daughter and for other debts which are exacted from him by summons of the Exchequer. Moreover, in the meantime, they are to cause the rolls of the Exchequer to be searched and to certify the king on that day concerning the debts and demands which are exacted from him by summons of the Exchequer.

2 Dec. Windsor. For Avice de Columbariis. To the barons of the Exchequer. For the 60s. annually which Avice de Columbariis renders for the king each year to the abbot of Hyde for the manor of Collingbourne, which she previously held of the aforesaid abbot by the service of one knight and by 60s. per annum, and which manor Avice has surrendered and quitclaimed to the king, the king has granted her that she is to render nothing to him per annum at the Exchequer for the 60s. that she was accustomed to render to him every year at the Exchequer for her bailiwick of the king’s forest of Chute, except for 10s. Order to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

For the abbot of Beaulieu. Order to the sheriff of Hampshire to place in respite, until the morrow of Hilary in the thirtieth year, all demands which he makes by summons of the Exchequer from the abbot of Beaulieu for a trespass of the king’s forest.

[No date]. Lincolnshire. Walter of Careby and Amabilia, his wife, give 1 m. for having an assize of novel disseisin before R. of Thirkleby. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire etc.

[No date]. Norfolk. Richard of Beck gives 1 m. for having a writ relating to the county of Norfolk ¹ before the king (coram Rege). Order to the sheriff of Norfolk etc.

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‘usque’ is crossed through here.

3 Dec. Windsor. Concerning lands that are to be taken into the king’s hand. Order to the sheriff of Sussex to take into the king’s hand all the lands formerly of W. Marshal, ¹ earl of Pembroke, and to keep them safely until he has an order from the king otherwise.

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Corrected from ‘W. earl Marshal’.

[No date]. Concerning lands that are to be taken into the king’s hand. It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Dorset, Worcestershire, Oxfordshire, Gloucestershire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Herefordshire.

6 Dec. Windsor. For William le Moyne. Order to the sheriff of Gloucestershire to place in respite, until Hilary in the thirtieth year, the demand which he makes by summons of the Exchequer from William le Moyne for the aid granted to the king towards marrying his sister to the Emperor.

Somerset. Order to the sheriff of Somerset to cause Robert de Walle, detained in prison because he beat up Mabel Revel, to be delivered; and to permit him to go where he will wish. ¹ Order to take security for rendering 5 m. to the king’s use on the morrow of Hilary.

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Witness clause entered here.

For Beatrice of Flegg. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk to place in respite, until the morrow of Hilary, the distraint which he makes from Beatrice of Flegg by the king’s order for the debt which she owed to Hamo of Hereford, Jew.

For Ivo Quarel. To the barons of the Exchequer. Order to receive from Ivo Quarel the 16 m. that he has offered to the king of the 32 m. which he says he owed to Isaac Begelin, Jew of Cambridge, who is dead, and whose debts are in the king’s hand, and to cause him to have respite from the remaining 16 m. until the octaves of Hilary in the thirtieth year, and then to cause the tallies and other muniments which the same Jew had concerning the debt that Ivo owed to him to come before them in order to hear the account of the same Ivo in respect thereof.

For Fulk of Montgomery. Order to the sheriff of Hampshire to place in respite, until the octaves of Hilary in the thirtieth year, the demand for 6 m. which he makes from Fulk of Montgomery for a debt of R., formerly bishop of Chichester, the king’s chancellor.

7 Dec. Windsor. Bedfordshire. William son of Richard gives half a mark for having a pone [to remove a plea] from the county court of Bedfordshire to [the justices of the Bench at] Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Bedfordshire etc.

Concerning lands that are to be taken into the king’s hand. Order to the sheriff of Surrey to take into the king’s hand all the lands formerly of Beatrice de Fay in his bailiwick and to keep them safely until he has an order from the king otherwise.

10 Dec. Windsor For Margaret de Lacy. The king has given respite to Margaret de Lacy, until the Close of Easter in the thirtieth year, from that which remains to be rendered to the king of the aid granted to him towards marrying his first-born daughter from the knights’ fees which Margaret holds in dower and which are held from the king in chief. Order to the sheriff of Herefordshire to permit her to have that respite and to deliver her livestock taken for this reason.

For Margaret de Lacy. It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Shropshire.

For John de Somerville. To the sheriff of Staffordshire. The king has taken the homage of John, son and heir of Roger de Somerville, for all the lands and tenements which Roger held of the king in chief in his bailiwick. Order that, having accepted security from John for rendering 25s. for his relief to the king, he is to cause him to have full seisin of all the lands and tenements of which Roger was seised as of fee on the day he died in his bailiwick and which fall to John by hereditary right.

13 Dec. Westminster. Concerning a pardon. The king has pardoned to the men of Dunwich, for their faithful service, £50 of the £173 7s. 10d. which they owe him and which are exacted from them by summons of the Exchequer; and the king has granted them that they are to render a moiety of the remaining £123 7s. 10d. at the Exchequer at the Close of Easter in the thirtieth year and a moiety at Michaelmas following. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause them to be quit from the aforesaid £50 and to cause them to have the aforesaid terms for the residue.

14 Dec. Westminster. Concerning a pardon. To the king’s justices assigned to the custody of the Jews. The king has pardoned to his beloved and faithful Hugh de Vivonne 100 m. of the debts which he owes to Aaron of York, Ivo son of Abraham and Poitevin of Bedford, Jews, and has granted to him that the aforesaid 100 m. will be allowed to the same Jews in the debts which they owe to the king, namely in their tallage or for another debt. Order to cause Hugh to be quit from the aforesaid 100 m. of the king’s gift, and to cause them to be allowed to the aforesaid Jews in the debts which they owe to the king, as aforesaid.

[No date]. Kent. Laurence son of William gives 1 m. for having a precipe [to remove a plea] from the county court of Kent ¹ to [the justices of the Bench at] Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Kent etc.

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The remainder of the sentence is interlined.

For Richard son of Herbert. The king has accepted the fine of 50 m. which Richard son of Herbert offered him so that he would remit to him his suit by which outlawry ought to be promulgated against him at the next county court of Lincolnshire for the death of Walter Fox, of which he was accused, on condition that he finds the sheriff sufficient pledges to stand to right in respect hereof if anyone shall wish to speak against him for this. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire that, having accepted security from Richard for rendering the aforesaid 50 m. to the king, and having found him the aforesaid pledges, he is not to promulgate outlawry against him for the death of the aforesaid Walter or to cause him to be summoned (interrogari) henceforth on account of this in his county court.

15 Dec. Westminster. The common form for making distraint. Order to the sheriff of Northamptonshire to cause the scutage owed to the king in his bailiwick for the king’s army of Deganwy from all knights’ fees, concerning which he did not receive the king’s writ that he should cause others to have that scutage, to be collected, so that he will answer for this in full at the Exchequer in the quindene of Hilary in the thirtieth year.

The common form for making distraint. It is written in the same manner to all sheriffs of England, excepting the sheriff of Cornwall.

[No date].

From the villate of Milborne Port, 5 m.; From the villate of Somerton, 30 m.; From the villate of Gillingham, 20 m.; From the villate of Shaftesbury, 20 m.; From the villate of Dorchester, 20 m.; From the villate of Bridport, 30 m. ¹

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This entry completes the list began at the bottom of membrane 20d. See no. 49 above.

From here it is to be sent to the Exchequer.

The men of Grimsby give 120 m. for their tallage, and they shall render a moiety at the Nativity of St. John the Baptist in three weeks and a moiety at Michaelmas in three weeks; The men of Milton give 80 m. for their tallage, and they shall pay a moiety on the morrow of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist and a moiety at Michaelmas in three weeks; The men of Elham give 20 m. for the same, and they shall pay it on the morrow of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist.

The men of Ospringe give 20 m. for the same, and a moiety is to be paid to the king in the octaves of St. Peter in Chains and a moiety in the octaves of All Saints.

The men of Stamford give 100 m. for their tallage, and they shall pay at the Nativity of St. John the Baptist in three weeks and a moiety at Michaelmas in three weeks. ¹

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A completely different hand compiles the next set of northern entries, there being a gap of around five lines at this point.

From the city of York, 500 m.; From Scarborough, 80 m.; From Scalby, 9 m.; From Falsgrave, 3 m.; From the soke of Pickering, 45 m.; From four carucates of land of the same soke that Richard de Percy held in Burtondale and which were not tallaged in the last tallage by the forceful obstruction of the same Richard, £4; From two carucates of land of the same soke that Herbert de Neville holds in Snainton and which were not tallaged in the last tallage because they were in another hundred, as was said, although in Yorkshire, 2 m.; From twelve bovates of land of the same soke that the Templars hold in Allerston and which were not tallaged in the last tallage because they claimed a liberty by charter from Robert of Cockfield, 20s.; From a carucate of land of the same soke that Simon of Wighton held in Farmanby and a bovate of land that Peter Bardolf holds in the same of the same soke of the gift of the Temple and which were not tallaged in the last tallage, 1 m. and 20d.; From the villeinage of Pickering in common, 15 m.; From Easingwold and Huby, 9 m.; From lands of Edmund de Lacy, [...]; ¹ From Pontefract by parcels, 103½ m.; From Rothwell in common, 4½ m.; From the borough of Leeds, 3½ m.; From the villeinage of Leeds, 35 m.; From Slaidburn, 2 m.; From Grindleton, 3 m.; From Elmsall with appurtenances, 55s.; From Carleton with appurtenances, 53s. 4d.; From Almondbury, 8 m.; From the wardens of Campsall, 5s.; From Bradford, 5 m.; From two bondsmen there, 4s.; From Barwick in Elmet, 35s.; From Manningham, 50s.; From Stainburn, 22s.; From the external tenants of Almondbury, 24s.; Snaith with soke, 11 m.; From West Bradford, 1 m.

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The sum is left blank in the MS.

17 Dec. Westminster. For Beatrice of Flegg. Order to the justices assigned to the custody of the Jews to cause the distraint that the sheriff of Norfolk makes upon Beatrice of Flegg by the king’s order for a debt of £15 which John of Flegg, formerly her husband, owed to Hamo, formerly a Jew of Hereford, to be placed in respite until the quindene of Hilary in the thirtieth year etc., so that it may then be considered as to whether Beatrice ought to answer for this or not.

For John of Soothill. John, son and heir of John of Soothill, has performed fealty to the king for the fourth part of a knight’s fee with appurtenances in Darton which the aforesaid John of Soothill held of J., formerly earl of Lincoln ¹ whose son and heir is in the king’s custody. Order to the keeper of the honour of Pontefract that, having accepted security from the aforesaid John for rendering 25s. to the king for his relief, he is to cause him to have seisin of the aforesaid fourth part of that knight’s fee.

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The rest of this sentence is interlined.

For William de Say. Order to the sheriff of Sussex to place in respite, until the quindene of Hilary in the thirtieth year, the demand which he makes from William ¹ de Say for the aid granted to the king towards marrying his first-born daughter ² from the knights’ fees which he ought to hold of the son and heir of W. Earl Warenne, who is in the king’s custody.

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In the margin, William is corrected from ‘John’.

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The rest of this sentence is interlined by another hand.

For John de Burgh. It is written in the same manner to the same for John de Burgh, making no mention of the aforesaid fees.

For William Marshal. Order to the sheriff of Northamptonshire to cause William Marshal to have respite from all debts which he exacts from him by summons of the Exchequer, as above.

For Robert of Tunstead. The king has granted to Robert, son of Henry of Tunstead, that he is to render 10 m. in the quindene of the Close of Easter in the thirtieth year and 10 m. in the quindene of Michaelmas in the same year of the 20 m. which he owes to him as residue of the 100 m. at which he was amerced before Roger of Thirkleby and his associates, justices last itinerant at Nottingham, for the death of a man killed in his house. Order to the sheriff of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire to cause him to have these terms. ¹

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Corrected from ‘that respite’.

[No date]. Kent. Simon son of Adam gives 1 m. for having a pone [to remove a plea] from the county court of Kent to [the justices of the Bench at] Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Kent etc.

19 Dec. Westminster. Concerning a pardon. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has pardoned to Peter de Geneva and Matilda, his wife, one of the heiresses of Walter de Lacy, a moiety of the £725 that the same Walter owed to the heirs of Hamo of Hereford, Jew, of the £150 13s. 4d. which the same Walter owed to David of Oxford, Jew, of the £10 which the same Walter owed to Blanche of Hereford, Jewess, and of the £40 which the same Walter owed to Comitessa of Hereford, Jewess, which debts are in the king’s hand, so that John de Verdun and Margery, his wife, the other heiress of the same Walter, are to answer for the other moiety of the same debts. Order to cause Peter and Matilda to be quit from the moiety of all the aforesaid debts which falls to them.

Concerning a pardon. It is written in the same manner to the justices assigned to the custody of the Jews.

[No date]. Concerning the custody of the county of Lincolnshire. William de Curcun ought to answer for the issues of the county of Lincolnshire from 27 December in the thirtieth year, the day on which he received the custody of the same county from the king, as appears in the Patent Roll. ¹

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See CPR 1232–47, p. 468.

[No date]. Norfolk. William of Shouldham gives 1 m. for having an assize of novel disseisin before Roger of Thirkleby. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk etc.

[No date]. Wiltshire. Ascelina, who was the wife of Robert de Waltham, gives half a mark for having a precipe [to remove a plea] from the county court of Wiltshire to [the justices of the Bench at] Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Wiltshire etc.

[No date]. Because it was pardoned to him. John de St. Ouen of Essex gives half a mark for a writ […]. ¹

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Entry unfinished and cancelled because it was pardoned to him.

[No date]. Sussex. James son of William gives 2 m. for having a pone [to remove a plea] from the county court of Sussex to [the justices of the Bench at] Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Sussex etc.

[No date]. Devon. Gilbert English gives 1 m. for having a precipe [to remove a plea] from the county court of Devon to [the justices of the Bench at] Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Devon etc.

[No date]. Essex. Sweyn son of Gilbert gives 1 m. for having an assize of mort d’ancestor before Roger of Thirkleby. Order to the sheriff of Essex etc.

[No date]. Lincolnshire. Henry, son of Richard Wolbern’, gives 1 m. for having an assize of novel disseisin before Jollan de Neville. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire etc.

[No date]. Devon. Edith, daughter of Henry Potter, gives 1 m. for having a precipe [to remove a plea] from the county court of Devon to [the justices of the Bench at] Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Devon etc.

26 Dec. Westminster. For Adam de Periton. Order to the sheriff of Northamptonshire to place in respite, until Hilary in the thirtieth year, the demand which he makes by summons of the Exchequer from Adam de Periton concerning his assart of Fackel’.

27 Dec. Merton. Concerning lands that are to be taken into the king’s hand. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire to take into the king’s hand the manor of Great Ponton formerly of Thomas de Aunow and to keep it safely until the king orders otherwise. He is also to cause the reeve who had the custody of the same manor to come to the king to answer him for all issues of the same manor from the time of the death of the same Thomas.

For Hugh Duket. The king has taken the homage of Hugh, son and heir of Richard Duket, for all the lands and tenements which Richard held of the king in chief. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire that, having accepted security from Hugh for rendering 10s. to the king for his relief, he is to cause him to have full seisin of all the lands and tenements of which Richard was seised as of fee on the day he died and which fall to him by hereditary right.

[No date]. Kent. Walter son of John and Alice, his wife, give half a mark for having an assize of novel disseisin before Roger of Thirkleby. Order to the sheriff of Kent to cause that assize to come before him and to take security etc.

28 Dec. Merton. Concerning the custody of the abbey of Peterborough. The king has committed the abbey of Peterborough, which is vacant and in his hand, to Master Roger of Gosbeck to keep to the king’s use for as long as it pleases the king. Order to the knights, free men, and all other tenants of the same abbey, by letters patent, to be intendant and respondent to him in all things as its keeper.

[No date]. Norfolk. Stephen son of Vincent and John de Well’ give 20s. for having an assize of novel disseisin before Roger of Thirkleby. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk etc.

For certain knights of Sussex. Order to the sheriff of Sussex to place in respite, until the octaves of Hilary in the thirtieth year, the demand which he makes from the knights who ought to hold of John, son and heir of W., formerly Earl Warenne, who is in the king’s wardship, who is in the king’s custody, in his bailiwick by knight service for the aid generally granted to the king towards marrying his first-born daughter.

For the bailiffs of Oxford. Order to the sheriff of Oxfordshire to place in respite, until the octaves of Hilary in the thirtieth year, the demand which he makes from the bailiffs of Oxford for the 10 m. which they delivered to Brother Roger the almoner from the farm of their vill in the past year towards making the king’s alms payments.

Concerning the custody of lands and castles. The king has committed all the lands formerly of W. Marshal, formerly earl of Pembroke, in Netherwent, and similarly the castle of Netherwent, to Waleran Teutonicus ¹ to keep for as long as it pleases the king. Order to the knights, free men and all other tenants of the aforesaid lands to be intendant and respondent to him in all things pertaining to this custody. In [testimony] of which etc.

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Concerning the custody of lands and castles. Order by writs patent (brevia patentes) to the constables of the castles of Chepstow, Usk and Caerleon to deliver the aforesaid castles to him.

[No date]. Suffolk. Hugh of Dodnash gives 20s. for having an assize of novel disseisin before Roger of Thirkleby. Order to the sheriff of Suffolk etc.

[No date]. Gloucestershire. Peter Burgeis gives 1 m. for having a pone [to remove a plea] from the county court of Gloucestershire to [the justices of the Bench at] Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Gloucestershire etc.

1 Jan. Merton. For the executors of the testament of the Earl Marshal. Order to the sheriff of Oxfordshire to permit the executors of the testament of W. Marshal, formerly earl of Pembroke, to sell all moveable property and all moveable chattels formerly of the same earl in his bailiwick by his view or by the view of another assigned to this by the same sheriff, whoever will be better able to do this, so that when the money has been counted for them, they are to do nothing with it or dispose of it, but it is to be sealed by the seal of the same sheriff and the seals of the same executors and it is to be delivered to two or three law-worthy men from each vill to be deposited in a safe place until the debt in which the same earl was bound to the king is rendered to the king, and after his other debts are to be paid to the king from the remainder, execution shall be made of the same testament.

For the executors of the testament of the Earl Marshal. It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Yorkshire, Lancaster, Lincolnshire, Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, Dorset, Sussex, Norfolk and Worcestershire.

[No date]. Hertfordshire. John, son of John of St. Albans, gives 20s. for having a precipe [to remove a plea] from the county court of Hertfordshire to [the justices of the Bench at] Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Hertfordshire etc.

[No date]. Concerning selling the king’s wines. John Blancboilly is assigned to make the king’s profit from the king’s old wines that are in the king’s manors and good vills in the counties of Surrey, Hampshire, Wiltshire, Berkshire, Oxfordshire, Northamptonshire, Herefordshire and Nottinghamshire. Order by letters patent to permit him to do this. The keepers of the aforesaid wines are to offer him counsel and aid for this.

Concerning selling the king’s wines. Order to each of the aforesaid sheriffs not to permit any wine to be sold in their bailiwicks until the king’s profit shall have been made from the aforesaid wines.

[No date]. Kent. Thomas son of Andrew gives half a mark for having a precipe [to remove a plea] from the county court of Kent to [the justices of the Bench at] Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Kent etc.

[No date]. Buckinghamshire. Stephen of Ashwell and Albreda, his wife, give 1 m. for having a pone [to remove a plea] from the county court of Buckinghamshire to [the justices of the Bench at] Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Buckinghamshire etc.

[No date]. Lincolnshire. The prior of Spalding gives 4 m. for having a pone [to remove a plea] from the county court of Lincolnshire to [the justices of the Bench at] Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire etc.

[No date]. Wiltshire. Henry de Farnham gives half a mark for having a precipe [to remove a plea] from the county court of Wiltshire to [the justices of the Bench at] Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Wiltshire etc.

10 Jan. Westminster. Concerning sending money to the king. Order to Master Master Roger of Gosbeck, keeper of the abbey of Peterborough, to send to the king without delay those 100 m. which have been collected and gathered together from the farm of the rents of lands belonging to the same abbey for Christmas term last past.

Concerning a pardon. The king has pardoned to Bartholomew Peche the 10 m. which remain to be rendered to him for Michaelmas term last past of the fine he had made with him for the custody of the land and heir of William de Sifrewast. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause him to be quit from the aforesaid 10 m.

12 Jan. Westminster. Concerning lands that are to be taken into the king’s hand. Order to the sheriff of Sussex to take into the king’s hand all the lands formerly of Henry de Percy in his bailiwick and to keep them safely until he has an order from the king otherwise.

Concerning the custody of Wiltshire. The king has committed the county of Wiltshire to Nicholas of Lus Hill to keep for as long as it pleases the king. Order to archbishops etc. to be intendant and respondent to him as sheriff of the same county.

[No date]. From the lands of Peter de Maulay.

From Egton, 4 m.; From Hutton Malgrave, 3 m.; From Bitha, Goldsborough, Barnby and Sandsend, 4 m.; From Lockington, 2 m.; From Bainton and Neswick, 6 m. 3s. 4d.; From Birdsall, 2½ m.; From Cliffe, 3 m.; From Rossington, 5 m.; From Hexthorpe and Balby, 1 m.; From Sandal, 60s.; From Wheatley, 16s. 4d.; From Bawtry with appurtenances, 16 m.; From Doncaster, 27 m.

From the land of Robert de Chauncy.

From Skirpenbeck, 2½ m.; From the borough of Drax, the fee of Hugh Paynel, 2 m.

From the lands of Henry de Percy.

From Nafferton, 3 m.; From Catton, 3 m.; From Topcliffe, 4 m.; From Linton, 30s.; From Spofforth, 30s.; From Tadcaster, 1 m.

Sum total for the county of Yorkshire: 933 m. 20d.

Lincolnshire, Huntingdonshire, Cambridgeshire, Bedfordshire and Gloucestershire:

From the vill of Cambridge, 45 m.; From the vill of Huntingdon, 25 m.; From the vill of Godmanchester, 35 m.; From the soke of Caistor, 20 m.; From Navenby, 8 m.; From Barton Regis, 30 m.; From the vill of Minsterworth, 12 m.; From Rodley, 24 m.; From Cheltenham, 40 m.; From Slaughter, 10 m.; From Newnham, 5 m.; From Awre, 25 m.; From Walter Blund of the same vill, 10 m.

Sum: 290 m. ¹

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Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire:

From the villate of Nottingham, 60 m.; From the manor of Carlton in Lindrick, 100s.; From Edwinstowe and Carburton, 10 m.; From Clipstone, 3 m.; From Darlton and Ragnall, 10 m.; From the soke of Oswaldbeck, 40 m.; From Retford, 25 m.; From Mansfield with [its] soke, 35 m.; From a moiety of Linby, 2 m.; ¹ From Bulwell, 3 m.; From the vill of Derby, 50 m.; From the vill of Castleton, 3 m.; From Over Haddon, 2 m.; From Bradwell, 2½ m.; From the men of Darley, 20s.; From John of Taddington, 10s.; From Gervase of Clifton, 20s.; From the men of Peak Forest, £20.; From the men of Hopedale, 50s.; From the soke of Bolsover, 10 m.; From Taddington and Priestcliffe, 8 m.; From Tideswell and Wheston, 5 m.; From Horsley Castle and Horsley, 10s.; From Ashford, £10.; From Shallcross and Horsley, 10s.; From Buxton, Cowdale, and Staden, 1 m.; From Birchill, half a mark.

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15 Jan. Westminster. Concerning the custody of the abbey of Abbotsbury. The king has committed the vacant abbey of Abbotsbury to William of Worcester to keep for as long as it pleases the king. Order to the knights, free men and all other tenants of the same abbey to be intendant and respondent to him as its keeper in all things which pertain to the aforesaid abbey.

Order to the sheriff of Dorset to take it into the king’s hand and deliver it to the same William.

For Simon son of Simon. The king has granted to Simon son of Simon that he is henceforth to render 20 m. per annum at the Exchequer, namely 10 m. at the Exchequer of Easter in the thirtieth year, 10 m. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the same year, and 20 m. thus from year to year at the same terms until 80 m. are paid to the king, for the 80 m. which he owes him of the 100 m. at which he was amerced before the justices who were last itinerant [to take] the pleas of the forest in Northamptonshire, of which he has rendered 20 m. to the king at the Exchequer. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus. By P. Peyvre.

[No date]. For Maurice of Berkeley. The king has granted to Maurice of Berkeley that he is to render £40 per annum for all the debts which he owes him and which are exacted from him by summons of the Exchequer, namely £20 at the Exchequer of Easter in the thirtieth year, £20 at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the same year, and £40 thus from year to year at the same terms until the aforesaid debts are paid to the king. Order etc. as above.

Concerning scutage that is to be collected. To the sheriff of Devon. The king wishes that William Passelewe, keeper of the lands formerly of B. de Lisle, earl of Devon, is to cause scutage to be collected from all the knights’ fees which the same earl held of the king in chief and the scutage is to be answered for at the Exchequer by the hand of the same keeper. Order to permit that scutage to be collected by the same William from all knights’ fees which the same earl held of the king in chief in his bailiwick, and to distrain all those from whom he has requested that they render that scutage to him. ¹

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Concerning scutage that is to be collected. It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Hampshire, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire, Somerset and Dorset.

16 Jan. Westminster. For Guy of Rochford. The king has committed the manors of Ingsdon, Honiton, Portbury, Lymington and South Lambeth with appurtenances and 60s. rent in Dorchester, formerly of B., sometime earl of Devon, to Guy of Rochford to have and to hold for as long as it pleases the king, together with the manor of Wadenhoe which the king had previously committed to him, for an annual fee of £120 that Guy was accustomed to take at the Exchequer per annum for his sustenance. Order to William Passelewe, keeper of the aforesaid lands, to cause Guy or his certain messenger bearing the king’s letters, to have full seisin to Guy’s use of the aforesaid manors, and the same rent with appurtenances, as aforesaid. He is also to cause the corn which is in the aforesaid manors to be valued by the oath of trustworthy and law-worthy men and, once it has been valued, he is to demise it to Guy by the same value, having accepted security from him that he will render the value thereof to William at a term which he has given him, so that he is able to answer the king at the Exchequer for them. Similarly, he is to demise the plough-teams that the king had in the aforesaid manors from the executors of the aforesaid earl to Guy by the same value by which he received those from them, so that he satisfies the aforesaid executors for the value of the same if the same value still remains to be rendered, and if the same executors may be satisfied for their value, then he is to take security from Guy that he will satisfy William at the term he will fix for him for the value at which he received them from the aforesaid executors, so he might answer for it at the Exchequer.

For Guy of Rochford. He has letters patent for this.

[No date]. Sussex. Because the writ was surrendered. Sibyl de M…iston’ gives 1 m. for having a precipe [to remove a plea] from the county court of Sussex to [the justices of the Bench at] Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Sussex etc. ¹

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For Bartholomew Peche. The king has given respite to Bartholomew Peche, whom he has sent on his embassy to the Roman Curia, from all the debts which he owes him, both for the debts of Jews and of others, until his return from the aforesaid parts. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause him to have the aforesaid respite.

For Bartholomew Peche. The king has pardoned to the same Bartholomew the scutage generally (communiter) granted him in England towards marrying his sister to the Emperor, namely from five knights’ fees of Bricett of the honour of Peverel and from half a knight’s fee of the land of Robert de Turville, which Bartholomew has in his custody of the king’s grant, so that if Bartholomew has paid anything thereof, it will be allowed to him in the debts which he owes to the king. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause him to be quit therefrom, as aforesaid. ¹

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18 Jan. Westminster. For John Maltravers. To the barons of the Exchequer. Besides the £25 that the king had previously pardoned to his beloved and faithful John Maltravers of the debt in which the same John was held to David, Jew of Oxford, which is in the king’s hand, the king has pardoned £50 to the same John. Order to cause John to be quit from both the aforesaid £50 and the abovesaid £25.

For John Maltravers. Order to the same John that he is to take 4s. each day for his wages and those of one knight, his associate, for as long as they shall be in the king’s service by his order in West Wales, from the residue of the debt in which he was bound to David, Jew of Oxford, which is in the king’s hand, and until the king shall have caused other wages to be assigned to him. The king will cause the said 4s. per day to be allowed to him in the same residue of the same debt.

For the abbot of Bruern. The abbot of Bruern has made fine with the king by 500 m. for all the trespasses for which he was penalized before R. Passelewe, Geoffrey de Langley and their associates, justices lately itinerant in Oxfordshire to take the pleas of the forest, concerning the waste and the assart made by the same abbot and his predecessors, abbots of Bruern, in the king’s demesne wood of Wychwood from the time of the first coronation of the king up to the eyre of the aforesaid justices. The king has granted to the same abbot that he is to render 20 m. per annum of the aforesaid 500 m., namely 20 m. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the thirtieth year and 20 m. thus from year to year at the same term until the entire aforesaid debt is paid to the king. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

Concerning lands that are to be taken into the king’s hand. Order to the sheriff of Somerset to take into the king’s hand the land which William of Bingham held of Roger fitz Payn in his bailiwick, the custody of which pertains to the king by reason of the custody of the land and heirs of the same Roger being in his hand. Order to cause all in his bailiwick who claim right in the aforesaid custody to know that they are to come to the king and the king will cause justice to be shown to them in respect of this.

[No date]. For John le Warre. John le Warre has found as pledges Roger de Walton and Hugh de Butyun for rendering 20s. to the king for an inquisition to be made by the constable of Bristol.

19 Jan. Westminster. For Ralph de Carville. The king has granted to Ralph de Carville for life that he is to hold the 16½ acres and half a rod of land which he assarted in the king’s forest in the king’s demesne in the manor of Glapthorn, rendering 2s. for it to the king and his heirs each year at the Exchequer of Michaelmas, so that after the death of the same Ralph the whole aforesaid land is to revert quit to the king and his heirs in demesne. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

For Ralph de Carville. Concerning a pardon. The king has pardoned to the same Ralph de Carville the 100s. which are exacted from him by summons of the Exchequer for the corn growing in the 16½ acres and half a rod of land which he assarted in the king’s forest and in the king’s demesne in the manor of Glapthorn. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause him to be quit therefrom.

Concerning a pardon. The king has pardoned to Master Geoffrey of Bath, formerly his cook, the 5s. which are exacted from him by summons of the Exchequer for the corn growing in an assart made in the king’s manor of Odiham. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause him to be quit from the aforesaid 5s.

For the men of Alconbury Weston. The king has granted to the men of Alconbury Weston that they are to render £10 at his Exchequer at the Close of Easter in the thirtieth year, £10 at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the same year, £10 at Hilary in the thirty-first year and £9 10s. at the Close of Easter next following, for the £39 10s. which are exacted from them by summons of the Exchequer for the corn growing in 94 acres of land of an assart made in the king’s forest in Huntingdonshire. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause them to have the aforesaid terms.

For Warin de Munchesney. The king has given respite to Warin de Munchesney, until the quindene of Easter in the thirtieth year, from the demand which the sheriff of Kent makes from him for ward of the castle of Rochester for the time when he was with the king in the parts of Wales. Order to the aforesaid sheriff to cause him to have the aforesaid respite.

Concerning a pardon. The king has pardoned to the prior of Luffield the 44s. which he owed him for the corn growing in eleven acres of assart made by the same in the king’s forest of Whittlewood and which are demanded from him by summons of the Exchequer. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause him to be quit therefrom.

Concerning a pardon. The king has pardoned to the prioress of Littlemore the half-mark at which she was amerced before the justices lately itinerant to take the pleas of the forest in Oxfordshire for wastes made by the same prioress in the king’s forest of Shotover. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause her to be quit therefrom.

21 Jan. Westminster. For the earl of Gloucester. Order to the justices assigned to the custody of the Jews to place in respite, until 15 days from Easter in the thirtieth year, the demand which Mosse, son of Isaac, Jew of Norwich, makes from R. de Clare, earl of Gloucester and Hertford.

For the earl of Gloucester. The king has given respite to R. de Clare, earl of Gloucester and Hertford, until the quindene of Easter in the thirtieth year, from all the debts which owes him, both for the aid generally granted to the king in his kingdom towards marrying his first-born daughter and for murder fines and other debts which are exacted from him by summons of the Exchequer. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause him to have that respite. In the meantime, they are to cause the rolls of the Exchequer to be searched and to certify the king on that day concerning the debts and demands which are exacted from him by summons of the abovesaid Exchequer.

For the earl of Winchester. The king has pardoned to R. de Quincy, earl of Winchester 110 m. of the £100 at which the same earl was amerced before the itinerant justices taking the forest pleas for trespass of the forest, both [trespass] of wood and [trespass] of venison. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause him to be quit from the aforesaid 110 m.

For the earl of Winchester. The king has granted to R. de Quincy, earl of Winchester, that he is to render £15 6s. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the thirtieth year, £15 6s. at the Exchequer of Easter in the thirty-first year, £15 6s. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the same year and £15 8s. 3d. at the Exchequer of Easter in the thirty-second year, for the £61 6s. 3d. which he owes to the king for several debts. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

22 Jan. Westminster. For the earl of Derby. The king has granted to William de Ferrers, earl of Derby, that he is to render 80 m. per annum at the Exchequer, namely 40 m. at the Exchequer of Easter in the thirtieth year, 40 m. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas next following, and 80 m. from year to year at the same terms until the debt is paid to the king, for a debt of £514 11d. which he owes to the king and which is exacted from him by summons of the Exchequer Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

[No date]. Dorset. Robert de Heliun was amerced at 20 m. by William de Whitefeld’ and his associates, justices assigned [for this] for disseisin against John de Baiuse in Dorset.

For John of Stapely. The king has granted to John of Stapely that he is to render the £9 which he owes him for Jewish debts at the below-written terms, namely 45s. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the thirtieth year, 45s. at the Exchequer of Easter in the thirty-first year, 45s. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the same year 45s. and 45s. at the Exchequer of Easter in the thirty-second year. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be upheld and enrolled thus.

Nottinghamshire. Robert son of Ralph gives one mark to the king for a writ [to remove a plea] from the county court of Nottinghamshire to the Bench. Order to the sheriff of Nottinghamshire to take security.

Concerning a pardon. The king has pardoned to Robert of Montgomery, the man of Theobald de Anglesqueville, the 2 m. at which he was amerced before the justices last itinerant in his county for a trespass. Order to the sheriff of Devon to permit him to be quit from the aforesaid 2 m. and to cause his livestock taken for this reason to be delivered to him.

For William Gifford. The king has granted to William Gifford that he and his heirs are to have and hold the 60 acres of land with appurtenances in Barstable formerly of Roger Bataille, which are of the lands of the Normans, from the king and his heirs until the king shall render that land to the right heirs by his peace or his will, rendering 20s. annually for this at the Exchequer, namely one moiety at the Exchequer of Michaelmas and the other moiety at the Exchequer of Easter. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

For William Gifford. He has letters patent for this.

Kent. William de Buteilles gives one mark to the king for a pone [to remove a plea] from the county court of Kent before the justices of the Bench. Order to the sheriff of Kent to take security.

For the abbot of St. Benet of Hulme. For the two palfreys which the abbot of St. Benet of Hulme has given him, the king has granted the same abbot that he is to be quit from rendering account to him for the time when he had committed the aforesaid bishopric to him and the prior of Thetford to keep. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause the same abbot to be quit from the aforesaid account.

For the abbess of Barking. On the eve of the Conversion of the Blessed Paul at Westminster, the abbess of Barking rendered 10 m. in the Wardrobe to P. Chaceporc, keeper of the same, by which she made fine with the king for trespasses of the market of Barking. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause her to be quit therefrom.

24 Jan. Westminster. Concerning keeping lands. The king has committed all the lands formerly of Ralph de St. Amand in Leicestershire to Matthew de Coudray to keep for as long as it pleases the king. Order to the aforesaid sheriff to cause him to have full seisin of the custody of the aforesaid lands, as aforesaid.

Concerning keeping lands. It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Bedfordshire, Northamptonshire, Oxfordshire, Gloucestershire, Berkshire, Devon and Nottinghamshire, concerning the lands of the same Ralph that have been committed to the aforesaid Matthew.

And lands that are to be tilled. Order to the aforesaid Matthew to cause plough-teams to be bought from the goods and chattels formerly of Ralph de St. Amand in order to plough the lands formerly of the aforesaid Ralph, in part payment of the debts which Ralph owed to the king, and the king will cause those things which he took to be allowed to him in the aforesaid debts.

Concerning a pardon. The king has pardoned to Hugh de Castillon the 18s. which are exacted from him by summons of the Exchequer for the corn growing in two acres of an assart in Leckhampstead. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause Hugh to be quit therefrom.

Warwickshire. William de Upton’ gives one mark to the king for a writ [to remove a plea] from the county court of Warwickshire to the Bench. Order to the sheriff of Warwickshire to take security.

For Adam de Periton. The king has granted to Adam de Periton that he is to render at Mid-Lent in the thirtieth year the £7 10s. which he owes him for the corn growing in an assart made in the king’s forest. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause him to have the aforesaid respite.

Concerning a pardon. The king has pardoned to the prior and monks of Little Horkesley the 2 m. which are exacted from them by summons of the Exchequer for the aid granted to the king towards marrying his first-born daughter. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause him to be quit therefrom.

For William Longespée. The king has granted to William Longespée that he is to render £22 per annum at the Exchequer, namely £11 at the Exchequer of Easter in the thirtieth year, £11 at the Exchequer of Michaelmas next following, and £22 thus from year to year at the same terms until the debt is paid to the king, for the £66 which he owes to the king for the aid generally granted to him towards marrying his first-born daughter and which are exacted from him by summons of the Exchequer. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

[No date]. For Peter Blund. The king has granted to Peter Blund that, of the 6 m. 7s. which he owes him for the corn growing in an assart made in the king’s forest of Salcey, he is to render one moiety at the Exchequer of Easter in the thirtieth year and the other moiety at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the same year. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause him to have the aforesaid terms.

Concerning a pardon. The king has pardoned to John of Gatesden the 10 m. at which he was amerced before the justices lately itinerant in Buckinghamshire and Northamptonshire for trespasses of the king’s forest. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause the same to be quit from the aforesaid 10 m.

For John de Turberville. John de Turberville has made fine with the king by 500 m. for a trespass of the king’s forest and for an appeal, concerning which the king has given him licence to come to agreement, and for all pleas moved against him up to Friday, the morrow of the Conversion of St. Paul in the thirtieth year, which 500 m. he will render to the king at the below-written terms; namely 50 m. at the Exchequer of Easter in the thirtieth year, 50 m. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the same ¹ year 50 m., and 100 m. thus from year to year at the same terms until the aforesaid 500 m. are paid to the king. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be enrolled and upheld thus.

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Order to the same barons to cause him to be quit from the 215 m. which are exacted from him by summons of the Exchequer for trespass of the forest before he had made the aforesaid fine. ¹

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Concerning a pardon. The king has pardoned to Richard de Gray the 20 m. at which he was amerced before the itinerant justices of forest pleas. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause him to be quit therefrom.

25 Jan. Westminster. Concerning a pardon. The king has pardoned to John of Lexington 9 m. ¹ which he owed him for wines which he bought for provisioning the king at Blyth and Doncaster. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause John to be quit from the aforesaid 12 m. [sic].

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Corrected from ‘12 m.’

For William de Ferrers. The king has pardoned to William de Ferrers 100 m. of the 200 m. at which was amerced before the itinerant justices of forest pleas for trespass of the forest, and he is to render the remaining 100 m. to the king at these below-written terms, namely 5 m. at the Exchequer of Easter in the thirtieth year, 5 m. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the same year, and 10 m. thus from year to year at the same terms until the aforesaid 100 m. are paid to the king in full. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be enrolled and upheld thus.

For Ernulf [sic] de Bosco. The king has granted to Ernald de Bosco that he is to pay 5 m. at Easter in the thirtieth year and 5 m. at Michaelmas in the same year of the 10 m. at which he was amerced before the itinerant justices of forest pleas. Order to the sheriff of Warwickshire and Leicestershire to permit him to have the aforesaid respite.

[No date]. Norfolk. Robert de Charnelis gives the king 5 m. for taking an assize of mort d’ancestor before Roger of Thirkleby on the morrow of the Close of Easter at Norwich. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk to take security.

For Robert of Tothall. The king has granted to Robert of Tothall that he is to pay one moiety at Easter in the thirtieth year and the other moiety at Michaelmas in the same year of the 65s. 4d. which he owes him for the corn growing in assarts which his father assarted in Hanslope and for the pannage of the pigs of the same Robert. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause him to have the aforesaid respite.

[No date]. For William Red. William Red of Lincolnshire and Suffolk gives two palfreys for having certification by P. Peyvre and Roger of Thirkleby of an assize of novel disseisin taken before the justices last itinerant in Lincolnshire.

[No date]. For the prior of Thetford. The prior of Thetford gives 5 m., of which he will render a moiety at Easter and a moiety at Michaelmas, for the quitclaim which the king has made to him from rendering account. for the time he was keeper of the bishopric of Norwich together with the abbot of St. Benet of Hulme.

[No date]. For the bishop of Winchester. W. bishop of Winchester has made fine with the king by 200 m. because he was neither in person nor did he have his service with the king in the army of Deganwy, of which 200 m. the king has pardoned to him 100 m. and has granted him that he is to render a moiety of the residue of 100 m. at Easter and a moiety at Michaelmas.

28 Jan. Westminster. For the bishop of Winchester. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to place in respite, until mid-Lent in the thirtieth year, all demands which they make by summons of the Exchequer from the same bishop.

For the bishop of Winchester. Order to the sheriffs of Hampshire, Oxfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Wiltshire, Surrey and Somerset to cause the same bishop to have his scutage from the knights’ fees which he holds of the king in chief in their bailiwicks, namely 3 m. per shield, for the army of Deganwy, so that he answers for this at the Exchequer by his hand, namely for one moiety at the Exchequer of Easter in the thirtieth year and for the other moiety at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the same year.

[No date]. For the bishop of Durham. It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Yorkshire and Lincolnshire for N. bishop of Durham. ¹

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This entry is squeezed in between those surrounding it and is presumably a later addition.

For William Mauduit. The king has granted to William Mauduit that, for the 30 m. at which he was amerced before Robert Passelewe and his associates, itinerant justices of forest pleas, and for the 25 m. which he had as a prest of the king from the time when the king was in Gascony, he is to pay him 10 m. per annum, namely 5 m. at the Exchequer of Easter in the thirtieth year, 5 m. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the same year, and 10 m. thus from year to year at the same terms until the aforesaid 30 m. and 25 m. are paid to the king. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

For Nicholas de Molis. The king has given respite to Nicholas de Molis, until the Close of Easter in the thirtieth year, from the £148 which he owes him and which are exacted from him by summons of the Exchequer. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause him to have that respite.

For Hugh de Castillon. The king has granted to Hugh de Castillon that he is to pay 40s. at Easter in the thirtieth year and 40s. at Michaelmas in the same year for the 6 m. which he owes him for the corn growing in an assart in Leckhampstead. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

Concerning a pardon. The king has pardoned to John of Jersey the 50 m. which he owed him of the fine of 300 m. that he made with him for the custody and marriage of one of the daughters and heiresses of John Danish and for the custody of a moiety of the land of the same John. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause him to be quit from the aforesaid 50 m.

For Simon [de] Borard. The king has granted to Simon de Borard that he is to pay 100s. at Easter in the thirtieth year and 100s. at Michaelmas in the same year for the 15 m. at which he was amerced before Robert Passelewe and his associates, itinerant justices of forest pleas. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause the same to have those terms.

[No date]. Hampshire. William de Stonhep’ gives half a mark for having a pone [to remove a plea] from the county court of Hampshire to [the justices of the Bench at] Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Hampshire etc.

[No date]. Norfolk. Geoffrey Harding and Roger Black give 5 m. for a writ. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk etc.

[No date]. Sussex. Robert de Buckley gives 1 m. for having a precipe [to remove a plea] from the county court of Sussex to [the justices of the Bench at] Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Sussex etc.

For the abbot of Beaulieu. The king has given respite to the abbot of Beaulieu, until Easter in the thirtieth year, from all the debts which are exacted from him and his men by summons of the Exchequer for trespass of the forest and other reasons. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause him to have that respite.

For a Jew. To the justices assigned to the custody of the Jews. Cok son of Jacob has made fine with the king by 1 m. of gold, which he has rendered to the king in his Wardrobe, so that he may be brought to trial by the law of Christians and Jews according to the custom of the Jews for the rape of which he is accused and for which he has been detained in the prison of Newgate. Order to hand him over on bail to six law-worthy Jews to answer for the aforesaid rape according to the aforesaid custom.

For the executors of the testament of the Earl Marshal. To the barons of the Exchequer. The executors of the testament of Walter Marshal, formerly earl of Pembroke, have made fine with the king by 200 m. and by the custody of a moiety of the lands formerly of Walter of Woodlesford in Leinster which he had granted the king, for having free administration of all the goods formerly of the aforesaid earl in England, Wales and Ireland towards making execution of his testament. The king has granted to them that they are to render 100 m. of the aforesaid 200 m. at St. John the Baptist in the thirtieth year and 100 m. at Michaelmas in the same year. Order that, having accepted security from the aforesaid executors for paying the aforesaid 200 m. to the king at the aforesaid terms and that they will satisfy the king within Easter in the thirty-first year for all debts which the same earl owed him for his own debts, they are to cause them to have full administration of all the goods which the aforesaid earl had in England.

27 Jan. Westminster. Concerning keeping lands. The king has committed the honours of Rayleigh, Peverel and Haughley to William son of Reiner to keep for as long as it pleases the king. Order to William son of Richard by letters patent to deliver the custody of those honours to him to keep as aforesaid. ¹

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Witness clause corrected from ‘Witness as above’.

[No date]. Suffolk. Walter Wudegreyve gives 5 m. for having an assize of novel disseisin before R. of Thirkleby. Order to the sheriff of Suffolk etc.

[No date]. Suffolk. Nigel le Bret gives 20s. for having an assize of novel disseisin before R. of Thirkleby. Order to the sheriff of Suffolk etc.

[No date]. Kent. Thomas son of Aucher gives 1 m. for having a writ [to remove a plea] from the county court of Kent to [the justices of the Bench at] Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Kent etc.

[No date]. Yorkshire. Robert de Brus, the prior of Healaugh Park and Thomas Lardener gives 3 m. for having a writ of inquiry. They are from Yorkshire.

[No date]. Suffolk. Robert Wigor gives 20s. for having an assize of novel disseisin before Roger of Thirkleby. Order to the sheriff of Suffolk etc.

4 Feb. Reading. For Henry of Hastings. The king has granted to Henry of Hastings that he is render £40 per annum, namely £20 at the Exchequer of Easter in the thirtieth year, £20 at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the same year, and £40 thus from year to year at the same terms until £180 are paid to the kin, for the £180 which he owes him of the debts of John, formerly earl of Chester and Huntingdon, which are exacted from him by summons of the Exchequer. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

5 Feb. Reading. For the abbot of Abingdon. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has granted to his beloved in Christ the abbot of Abingdon that he is to render £25 per annum, namely £12 10s. at the Exchequer of Easter in the thirtieth year, £12 10s. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the same year, and £25 from year to year at the same terms until the debt is paid to the king, for a fine of £100 which he made with him for divers trespasses of the king’s forest. Order to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

[No date]. Suffolk. Geoffrey son of Guy gives one mark ¹ for having an assize of novel disseisin before Roger of Thirkleby. Order to the sheriff of Suffolk etc.

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Corrected from ‘half a mark’.

For John de Verdun and his wife. The king has granted to John de Verdun ¹ and to Margery, his wife, one of the heirs of Walter de Lacy, that for a moiety of the £505 for which John is held to the king to answer for Walter de Lacy for the debts which the same Walter owed to Hamo of Hereford, Ursellus, his son, and to Blanche of Hereford, Jews, which debts are in the king’s hand, he is to render £50 per annum, namely £25 at Easter in the thirtieth year, £25 at Michaelmas in the same year, and £50 thus from year to year at the same terms until a moiety of all of the aforesaid debts are paid to the king. Order to the justices assigned to the custody of the Jews to cause him to have the aforesaid terms.

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‘John’ is written over another name.

8 Feb. Reading. For John fitz Alan. The king has granted to John fitz Alan that he is to render a moiety in the quindene of St. John the Baptist in the thirtieth year and a moiety in the quindene of Michaelmas in the same year of the 366 m. 8s. 10d. which remain to be rendered to him from a fine of £1000 by which he made fine with him for having seisin of his lands formerly in the king’s hand and which he ought to have rendered at the Exchequer of Easter in the same year. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

For Robert Malet. The king has granted to Robert Malet that he is to render to the king 3 m. at the Exchequer of Easter in the thirtieth year, 3 m. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the same year and 4 m. at the Exchequer of Easter in the thirty-first year of the 10 m. at which he was amerced before Robert Passeleweand his associates, itinerant justices of forest pleas, for trespass of the forest in Buckinghamshire. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause him to have the aforesaid terms.

For William son of Hamo. The king has granted to William son of Hamo that he is to render 20 m. per annum, namely 10 m. at the Exchequer of Easter in the thirtieth year, 10 m. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas ¹ in the same year, and 20 m. thus from year to year at the same terms until 100 m. are paid to the king, for the 100 m. at which he was amerced before the aforesaid justices in Northamptonshire. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

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Corrected from ‘Easter’.

For Isabella d’Aubigny. The king has given respite to Isabella d’Aubigny, until one month from Easter in the thirtieth year, from the 15 m. which she owes him for the scutage of Deganwy. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause her to have that respite.

10 Feb. Reading. For the men of Wootton. The king has granted to the men of Wootton that, concerning £8 at which they were amerced before the justices last itinerant to take the pleas of the forest in Oxfordshire. ¹ Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

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Sic. This sentence ends here without giving further terms.

[No date]. Hertfordshire. The prior of Dunstable gives half a mark for having a precipe [to remove a plea] from the county court of Hertfordshire to [the justices of the Bench at] Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Hertfordshire etc.

[No date]. Warwickshire. John son of Alan gives half a mark for having a writ [to remove a plea] against Robert of Corsley from the county court of Warwickshire to [the justices of the Bench at] Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Warwickshire etc.

12 Feb. Reading. Concerning lands that are to be taken into the king’s hand. Order to the sheriff of Hampshire to take into the king’s hand all land in his bailiwick alienated from the sergeanty of Southrope and to keep it safely until he has an order from the king otherwise.

For the abbot-elect of Peterborough. The abbot-elect of Peterborough has made fine with the king by 20 m. for having the plough-teams, corn and other chattels in the manors of the aforesaid abbey. Order to Master Roger of Gosbeck, keeper of the same abbey, not to place his hand upon the aforesaid manors, and if he took anything from the aforesaid abbey from Tuesday next after the octaves of the Purification of Blessed Mary or earlier, he is to cause it to be rendered to the aforesaid abbot-elect.

[No date]. Leicestershire. William of Measham gives 20s. for having a pone [to remove a plea] from the county court of Leicestershire to [the justices of the Bench at] Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Leicestershire etc.

Concerning tallage that is to be assessed. Order to Ralph d’Aumale and William Passelewe to cause reasonable tallage to be assessed to the king’s use in the manor of Plympton.

13 Feb. Reading. For William de Beauchamp of Worcester. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has pardoned to his beloved and faithful William de Beauchamp of Worcester 20 m. of 100 m. at which he was amerced before the itinerant justices of forest pleas in Oxfordshire, and he has granted to the same that he is to render 20 m. per annum of the remaining 80 m. and for everything he owes to the king at his Exchequer, namely 10 m. at Easter and 10 m. at Michaelmas until the aforesaid 80 m. and all the aforesaid debts are paid to the king. Order to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

Order to the sheriff of Berkshire to permit him to have the aforesaid terms.

For John de Neville. John, son of Hugh de Neville, has made fine with the king by 2000 m. for trespass of the forest and for all other things which pertain to the aforesaid forest until Wednesday next after the octaves of the Purification of the Blessed Mary in the thirtieth year, so that the £56 13s. 4d. which are exacted from him by summons of the Exchequer for trespass of the forest in Oxfordshire are to be allowed to him in the aforesaid fine, of which he will render 100 m. each year at the Exchequer, namely 50 m. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the thirtieth year, 50 m. at the Exchequer of Easter next following, and 100 m. thus from year to year at the same terms until the aforesaid 2000 m. are paid to the king. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

For Patrick de Chaworth. The king has granted to Patrick de Chaworth that he is to render £25 to the king per annum, namely a moiety at Michaelmas in the thirtieth year and a moiety at the Exchequer of Easter following, and £25 thus from year to year at the same terms until the debt is paid to the king, for the £100 30s. 8d. which he owes him and which are exacted from him by summons of the Exchequer for several debts. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

For the abbot of Notley. The king has granted to the abbot of Notley that he is to render 5 m. each year at the Exchequer of Michaelmas for the 20 m. at which he was amerced before the justices who were last itinerant to take the pleas of the forest in Buckinghamshire until the aforesaid £20 [sic] are paid to the king. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

15 Feb. Reading. For William Hay. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has granted to his beloved and faithful William Hay that he is to render the £10 which he owes him for the escape of two prisoners, the 5 m. which he owes him for the chattels of William Grugan and the half-mark which he owes him for an insufficient attachment, together with his other debts for which he had made fine with the king to render £10 per annum, so that his fine is not to increase by reason of the aforesaid £10, 5 m. and half a mark. Order to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

Concerning keeping counties. The king has committed the counties of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire to Phillip of Staunton to keep for as long as it pleases the king, so that, besides the ancient farm of the aforesaid counties, he is to render 20 m. of increment each year at the Exchequer and, moreover, 10 m. per annum, at which Jeremy of Caxton increased them from the time when he was sheriff of the same counties.

For the prior of Hurley. The prior of Hurley has made fine with the king by 10 m. for a trespass of the forest, which the king has granted to be delivered to the works on the church of Westminster by his hand to the keepers of the same works at Michaelmas. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to permit this to be done.

16 Feb. Winchester. Concerning herrings that are to be sold. Because the king has more herrings, which he caused to be bought to his use in London, than he will need, for he is not going to stay in those parts at Lent forthcoming for as long as he believed, order to the sheriffs of London to cause five lasts of the better of those herrings to be selected to the king’s use by the view of Roger Lardener and 20 lasts to be delivered to Brother Roger the almoner, and to cause all of the remainder to be sold by the hand of Augustine of Hadstock, Henry Kingessone, Adam Bruning’, Ralph de Trayre, Richard of Hadstock and Geoffrey Batecok, citizens of London, and to cause the king’s profit to be made therefrom, as the same Roger will say to them on the king’s behalf.

[No date]. Norfolk. Peter de Kernewyz gives 20s. for having an assize of novel disseisin before Roger of Thirkleby. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk etc.

[No date]. Hampshire. The abbot of Titchfield gives half a mark for having a precipe [to remove a plea] from the county court of Hampshire to [the justices of the Bench at] Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Hampshire etc.

22 Feb. Winchester. For Gilbert de Kirkeby. The king has pardoned to Gilbert de Kirkeby the trespass which he made in taking Lora de Ros to wife without the king’s licence for a fine of 5 m. that he has made with the king. Order to the sheriff of Kent that, having accepted security from Gilbert for rendering the aforesaid 5 m. to the king, to permit him to have peace from the trespass.

22 Feb. Winchester. Concerning lands that are to be taken into the king’s hand. Order to the sheriff of Gloucestershire to take into the king’s hands all the lands formerly of Robert de Pont-de-l’Arche and to keep them safely until he has an order from the king otherwise.

For the countess of Lincoln. The king has granted to M. countess of Lincoln, who was the wife of W. Marshal, sometime earl of Pembroke, that scutage is to be taken to the king’s use from all the knights’ fees from which the same countess has recognised that she owes scutage to the king, and that she is to have respite, until 15 days from Easter in the thirtieth year, from all the knights’ fees from which she has said she does not owe scutage. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire to take scutage from all the knights’ fees from which she recognises it is owed to the king, and to permit her to have that respite concerning the remaining fees.

Concerning lands that are to be taken into the king’s hand. Order to the sheriff of Surrey to take into the king’s hand the manor of Puttenham and all the lands which Beatrice de Fay held in dower of the lands formerly of Ralph de Fay, formerly her husband, and to keep them safely until he has an order from the king otherwise.

[No date]. Concerning a pardon. The king has pardoned to Aymer de Sacy £81 of the £141 which he owes him, and the king has assigned the residue, namely £60, towards undertaking the works on the church of Westminster, so that each year he is to pay £10 to the keepers of the same works, namely 100s. at Easter in the thirtieth year, 100s. at Michaelmas in the same year and £10 thus from year to year at the same terms until the aforesaid £60 are paid to them. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause him to be quit from the aforesaid £81 and to cause this to be done thus concerning the residue.

Concerning a pardon. The king has pardoned to H. earl of Hereford 50 m. of the 100 m. at which he was amerced for a trespass of the forest, and the king has granted him that he is to render 10 m. of the remaining 50 m. each year at the Exchequer, namely 5 m. at Michaelmas in the thirtieth year, 5 m. at Easter following, and 10 m. thus from year to year at the same terms until the aforesaid 50 m. are paid to the king. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause him to be quit from the aforesaid 50 m. and to cause him to have the aforesaid terms for the remaining 50 m.

Concerning a pardon. The king has pardoned to Stephen Longespée £35 of £65 which he owed him, and the king has granted to him that he is to render 100s. of the remaining £30 at the Exchequer of Easter in the thirtieth year, 100s. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the same year, and £10 thus from year to year at the same terms until the aforesaid £30 are paid to the king. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause to be quit from the aforesaid £35 and to cause him to have the aforesaid terms for the remaining £30.

25 Feb. Winchester. Concerning keeping lands. The king has committed all the lands formerly of Ralph de St. Amand to Matthew de Coudray to keep for as long as it pleases the king, so that he answers at the Exchequer for the issues of the same lands; and the king has granted him that he is to take £20 at the Exchequer each year for the custody of the same lands and of the children of the same Ralph for as long as he shall have the aforesaid custody.

For John de Courtenay. The king has granted to John de Courtenay that he is to render £12 8s. 7d. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the thirtieth year, £12 8s. 6d. at the Exchequer of Easter next following, and £24 17s. 1d. thus from year to year at the same terms until the debts are paid to the king, until he has paid the £86 20d. which he owes the king for the aid generally granted to him towards marrying his first-born daughter ¹ and for the 20 m. which he owes him for a trespass of the forest. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

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The words ‘concesso ad primogenitam fil’ R’’ are erroneously repeated.

For the executors of the testament of William son of Richard. Order to William son of Reiner, keeper of the honour of Rayleigh, that if the executors of the testament William son of Richard shall find him good and sufficient security that they will satisfy the king at the Exchequer for the debts which the same W. owed to the king and for arrears, if he owed any to the king, from the time when he was bailiff of the aforesaid honour, and of [the honours] of Haughley and Peverel, then he is to permit them to have full administration of the chattels and goods formerly of the same W. towards making execution of his testament.

28 Feb. Winchester. Concerning a pardon. The king has pardoned to Richard Pauncefot 2½ m. of the 40s. at which he was amerced before the justices last in eyre to take the pleas of the forest in Huntingdonshire. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause him to be quit therefrom.

[No date]. Hampshire. Richard Irish gives half a mark for having a precipe [to remove a plea] from the county court of Hampshire to [the justices of the Bench at] Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Hampshire etc.

[No date]. For the abbot of Battle. The abbot of Battle gives one palfrey worth 100s., to be paid at Easter in the thirtieth year, for a writ of inquiry whether [he has been appealed] out of hatred and malice [for the death] etc.

From here it is to be sent to the Exchequer.

29 Feb [sic]. Winchester. For the executors of the testament of the Earl Marshal. Because the executors of the testament of W., formerly earl of Pembroke, have given surety for paying £300 to him at the terms which he has granted to them for the debts which the same earl owed him, order to the sheriff of Sussex to permit the same executors to have full administration of the goods formerly of the said earl in his bailiwick up to the sum of £100, if such shall be found of the aforesaid goods in his bailiwick. ¹

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The date of witness must be an error since 1246 was not a leap year.

For the executors of the testament of the Earl Marshal. It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Berkshire to permit the same to have administration of the goods etc. up to the sum of £50.

For the executors of the testament of the Earl Marshal. And to the sheriff of Worcestershire concerning £60.

For the executors of the testament of the Earl Marshal. And pledges for the aforesaid security are to be searched for on the dorse of the roll. ¹

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See nos. 256–58 below.

Concerning the custody of a bailiwick formerly of John de Neville. Robert Passelewe has, by the king’s commission, the bailiwick formerly of John de Neville which the king has rendered to him, namely [of the forest] from the bridge of Stamford to the bridge of Oxford, to keep for as long as it pleases the king, rendering 40 m. each year at the Exchequer, namely 20 m. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the thirtieth year and 20 m. at the Exchequer of Easter following, and thus each year.

1 March. Winchester. Concerning a pardon. The king has pardoned to the abbot of Hyde 15 m. of the 30 m. by which he made fine with him at Chester for his service that he owed in the army of Deganwy. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause him to be quit from the aforesaid 15 m.

[No date]. For Robert Passelewe. Robert Passelewe ought to render each year at the Exchequer 60 m., a moiety at the Exchequer of Michaelmas and a moiety at the Exchequer of Easter, for custody of the castle of Rockingham for as long as he shall have the aforesaid custody, the first term beginning at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the thirtieth year.

[No date]. Concerning tallaging the king’s demesne lands. Henry of Farleigh, Nicholas of Romsey and William of Worcester have been sent to tallage the king’s demesne lands in Hampshire.

6 March. Marlborough. For the heir of Henry of Colne. The king has granted to the son and heir of Henry of Colne that he is to render 20 m. to him each year at the Exchequer until the [following] debts are fully paid to the king, namely 10 m. at the Exchequer of Easter and 10 m. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas, the first term for his payment beginning at this Exchequer of Easter in the thirtieth year, for all the debts, namely both for farms and for summonses, ¹ that the same Henry owed to the king from the time when he was sheriff of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

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‘namely both for farms and for summonses’ interlined.

Concerning keeping fairs. William de Plessetis and John Gubaud are assigned this year to keep the fair of Stamford by letters patent which are directed to all merchants and others who are about to come to that fair, that they are to be intendant and respondent to them in all things which pertain to the custody of the same fair.

[No date]. Memorandum that the sheriff of Sussex has received at Bosham the below-written pledges from the executors of the testament of W. Marshal, formerly earl of Pembroke, for paying to the king the £300 in which the same earl was bound to him, namely 50 m. at the Nativity of St. John the Baptist in the thirtieth year, 50 m. at Michaelmas in the same year and the entire residue at St. John the Baptist in the thirty-first year. These are the pledges: M. countess of Lincoln and Pembroke, who first and principally bound herself for paying all the money, and, moreover, Nicholas de Wauncy, Robert de la Mare, Robert of Firle, Peter of Hedsor, John Aunsel, Henry de Kadwaly, Nicholas Crossbowman, Henry Saucer, Hugh de la Hoke, Jordan of Appledram, Henry of Southwood, Robert de Watergate, Nicholas of Bosham, Elias Trussehare and Clement Tailor. And there are original writs on the opposite side of the roll. ¹

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For the writs see nos. 246–49 above.

Memorandum that the sheriff of Dorset has received the below-written pledges from the same executors for rendering £499 14s. 10d. of the debts of the same earl to the king, namely 50 m. at St. John the Baptist in the thirtieth year, 50 m. at Michaelmas in the same year and the entire residue at the Nativity of St. John the Baptist in the thirty-first year. These are the pledges: Peter de Russeaus for 100 m.; Robert of Newburgh for 100 m.; Ivo of Rochford for 50 m.; Bernard of Marnhull for 50 m.; Phillip Hareng for 30 m.; John of Henley for 50 m.; Robert of Henley for 20 m.; John de Winterborne for 30 m.; Robert Junior of Winterborne for 20 m.; Ralph Bardolf for 10 m.; Robert of Cheselbourne for 30 m.; Henry of Wartling for 30 m.; Phillip Lucien for 30 m.; Roger Andrew for 20 m.; Peter de la Forlan’ of Crawford for 20 m.; William of Horsenden for 60 m.; Robert of Morden for 20 m.; James de Piddle for 10 m.; Roger son of Humphrey for 20 m.; Simon of Littleton for 49 m. 8s. 2d.

Afterwards, if by chance the same pledges will not suffice for rendering that money to the king, if the same executors shall not have paid it, the same executors have found John de Turberville as pledge for rendering 100 m. of that money to the king.

For the abbot of Quarr. The abbot of Quarr gives 5 m. so that the king causes the liberties and immunities which they had by the charters of the former earls of Devon and which have been used from the times of the same until the death of B., formerly earl of Devon, to be upheld for them. Order, by letters patent, to the keeper of the lands formerly of the aforesaid earl not to distress or permit the same to be distressed against the liberties and immunities which are used, especially those from the time of the aforesaid B., last earl of Devon, and if he has taken anything from them against the aforesaid liberties and immunities, he is to cause it to be rendered to them.

Concerning lands that are to be taken into the king’s hand. Order to the sheriff of Wiltshire to take into the king’s hand all the lands formerly of Geoffrey Esturmy in his bailiwick and to keep them safely until he has an order from the king otherwise.

[No date]. Concerning lands that are to be taken into the king’s hand. It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Worcestershire and Hampshire. ¹

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‘Hampshire’ is a later addition.

[No date]. Herefordshire. Nicholas d’Evreux gives 1 m. for having a pone [to remove a plea] from the county court of Herefordshire to [the justices of the Bench at] Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Herefordshire etc.

8 March. Marlborough. For the men of Andover. The men of Andover have made fine with the king by 100 m., of which they will pay a moiety at this Easter and a moiety at Michaelmas, for their tallage. Order to Henry of Farleigh, William of Worcester and Nicholas of Romsey to permit the same to be quit from their tallage by the aforesaid 100 m.

For the men of Andover. Extracts for the Exchequer were made in respect thereof above, on the dorse of the roll almost at the beginning. ¹

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See no. 37.

Concerning keeping an abbey. The king has committed the custody of the abbey of Malmesbury by letters patent to Henry de Maulay and William of Axmouth. ¹

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‘Henry de Maulay and’ is interlined.

Concerning tallaging the king’s demesne lands. Henry of Farleigh and Nicholas of Romsey have been assigned by letters patent to assess tallage to the king’s use in his demesne lands in Wiltshire, Dorset and Somerset.

[No date]. Concerning tallaging the king’s demesne lands. John le Poer of Wichenford and William of Worcester have similarly been assigned to tallage the king’s demesne lands in Gloucestershire, Worcestershire and Herefordshire.

For Mary Ledet. The king has granted to Mary Ledet that she is to render a moiety at Michaelmas in the thirtieth year and a moiety at Easter following of the £15 which she owes to him. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause her to have those terms.

13 March. Reading. For Richard de Tany. The king has taken the homage of Richard de Tany for all the lands and tenements which he and Margaret, his wife, daughter and heiress of William son of Richard, ought to hold of the king in chief of the honour of Rayleigh. ¹ Order to the keeper of the same honour that, having accepted security from the same Richard for £40 to the king’s use for his relief, namely for paying one moiety to the king at Easter in the thirtieth year and the other moiety at Michaelmas in the same year, he is to cause him to have full seisin of all the lands and tenements aforesaid.

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Corrected from ‘the aforesaid honour’.

[No date]. Because opposite on the dorse of the roll almost at the beginning. Memorandum that the men of Basingstoke give 40 m. to the king for their tallage, the men of Basingstoke 50 m., the men of Alton 60 m., and the men of Ludgershall 4 m., of which a moiety will be rendered at this Easter and a moiety at Michaelmas. ¹

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Entry cancelled because opposite on the dorse of the roll almost at the beginning. See no. 38.

14 March. Windsor. For the abbot of Jumièges. Because the abbot of Jumièges did not come to the king in England in order to do to the king what he ought to do for the lands and tenements which he holds of him in chief in Hampshire, order to the sheriff of Hampshire to take all the lands of the aforesaid abbot into the king’s hand and to keep them safely until he shall have an order from the king otherwise.

For the executors of the testament of Robert de St. George. Order to Robert of Crepping to permit the executors of the testament of Robert de St. George to have free administration of the chattels formerly of the same Robert, having accepted security from them that they will satisfy the king for the debts which the same Robert owed him.

15 March. Windsor. For the men of Winchester. The king has committed their vill to the trustworthy men of Winchester for this year to hold at farm by paying £80 to him at Michaelmas, and that the £80 which they paid for the same farm each year from Michaelmas in the twenty-sixth year without warrant are to be allowed to them. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to permit the same to be done.

[No date]. For Richard of Clifford. Richard of Clifford has made fine with the king by 60 m. for the custody of the land and heirs of John of Dursley, of which he will pay 20 m. each year to the archdeacon of Westminster and Edward of Westminster, keepers of the works on the church of Westminster, towards the same works, namely 10 m. at Michaelmas in the thirtieth year, ¹ 10 m. at Easter next following, and 20 m. thus each year at the same terms until the aforesaid 60 m. are paid towards the same works.

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Corrected from ‘next following’.

19 March. Westminster. For Gilbert of Preston. The king has granted to Gilbert of Preston that he is to render 10 m. at the Exchequer per annum, namely 5 m. at the Exchequer of Easter in the thirtieth year and 5 m. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the same year 5 m., for the 50 m. at which he was amerced before the itinerant justices of forest pleas, and 10 m. thus from year to year at the same terms until the aforesaid 50 m. are paid to the king. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

20 March. Westminster. For Richard son of Herbert. The king has granted to Richard son of Herbert that he is to render 20 m. at this Exchequer of Easter in the thirtieth year, 15 m. at Michaelmas in the same year and 15 m. at Easter next following for the 50 m. by which he made fine with him because the king has remitted to him the suit of his peace for the death of Walter Fox, of which he was accused. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause him to have the aforesaid terms.

For Richard son of Herbert. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire to cause him to have the aforesaid terms and to cause his chattels, which he took into the king’s hand by reason of his aforesaid flight, to be returned to him without delay.

[No date]. Norfolk. Ralph son of Ralph gives 40s. for having a precipe [to remove a plea] from the county court of Norfolk to [the justices of the Bench at] Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk etc.

22 March. Westminster. For Alvred de Soligny. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire to place in respite, until the quindene of Easter in the thirtieth year, the demand which he makes by summons of the Exchequer from Alvred de Soligny for the collection of the king’s thirtieth because John of Bratoft, whose daughter and heiress the same Alvred took to wife, was one of the collectors of the aforesaid thirtieth.

For the earl of Norfolk. The king has given respite to R. earl of Norfolk, until the morrow of Michaelmas in the thirtieth year, from all the debts which he owes him and which are exacted from him by summons of the Exchequer, both for the aid granted to the king towards marrying his first-born daughter and for all other debts. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause him to have that respite.

[No date]. For the earl of Norfolk. It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk.

[No date]. Norfolk. The prior of Binham gives 1 m. for having a precipe [to remove a plea] from the county court of Norfolk to [the justices of the Bench at] Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk etc.

For Warin de Munchesney. The king has granted to Warin de Munchesney that he is to render £10 per annum, namely 100s. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the thirtieth year and 100s. at Easter next following, for the 60 m. at which he was amerced before the king (coram Rege) for a novel disseisin and which are exacted from him by summons of the Exchequer, and £20 [sic] thus from year to year at the same terms until that money is paid to the king. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause him to have those terms.

[No date]. Bedfordshire. Absolom of Roxton gives 40s. for having an assize of novel disseisin before Gilbert of Preston. Order to the sheriff of Bedfordshire etc.

[No date]. Hampshire. The prior of Selborne gives half a mark for having a precipe [to remove a plea] from the county court of Hampshire to [the justices of the Bench at] Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Hampshire.

For the bishop of Exeter. Order to the sheriff of Surrey and Sussex to place in respite, until one month from Michaelmas in the thirty-first year, the demand for scutage which they make from R. bishop of Exeter by summons of the Exchequer beyond that which he recognises.

For the earl of Gloucester. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause the earl of Gloucester to have respite, until the octaves of Michaelmas in the thirtieth year, from all the debts which he owes him, both for the aid granted to the king towards marrying his first-born daughter, for a murder-fine and for all other debts, which are exacted from him by summons of the Exchequer.

For Adam de Periton. Order to the same to place in respite the demand which they make from Adam de Periton for the crops growing in an assart which Adam has made in Fackel’, until they have an order from the king otherwise.

Concerning a pardon. The king has pardoned to John de Burgh 10 m. of the 20 m. at which he was amerced before the justices of the forest in their last eyre in Northamptonshire, and the king has granted him that he is to render 5 m. of the remaining 10 m. at Easter in one month in the thirtieth year and 5 m. at Michaelmas in the same year. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

For the bishop of Exeter. Order to the sheriff of Devon to place in respite, until one month from Michaelmas in the thirty-first year, the demand for scutage which he makes from R. bishop of Exeter by summons of the Exchequer beyond that which he recognises, and the demand which he makes from him by the same summons for the 60 m. at which W., formerly bishop of Exeter, his predecessor, was amerced by reasons of a certain assize of novel disseisin taken before the justices last itinerant in his county. ¹

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There is a small circle in the margin beside this entry.

25 March. Westminster. For the abbot of Biddlesden. The king has granted the 5 m. ¹ by which the abbot of Biddlesden has made fine with him for waste of his woodlands, of which 4 m. are exacted from him by summons of the Exchequer, to the fabric of his abbey. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause him to have peace therefrom.

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An earlier figure has been expunged.

For the abbot of Biddlesden. It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Northamptonshire and Buckinghamshire.

[No date]. For William Gifford. William Gifford will render 10 m. each year for as long as he shall have the custody of the castle of Hadleigh, namely a moiety at the Exchequer of Michaelmas and a moiety at the Exchequer of Easter.

For Gilbert of Preston. The king has granted to Gilbert of Preston that he is to render 10 m. per annum, namely 5 m. at Easter in the thirtieth year and 5 m. at Michaelmas in the same year, for the 50 m. at which he was amerced before the justices last itinerant to take the pleas of the forest pleas in Northamptonshire, and 10 m. thus from year to year at the same terms until the aforesaid 50 m. are paid to the king. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

26 March. Westminster. For Joan d’Aubigny. The king has given respite to Joan d’Aubigny, until the quindene of Michaelmas in the thirtieth year, from the 8 m. which are exacted from her by summons of the Exchequer for scutage of the king’s army of Deganwy. Order to the sheriff of Bedfordshire to permit her to have that respite.

For the dean and chapter of York. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to place in respite, until Trinity, the demand which they make by summons of the Exchequer from the dean and chapter of St. Peter’s, York, for fugitives and outlaws.

For the dean and chapter of York. It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Yorkshire.

For the earl of Derby. The king has granted to W. de Ferrers, earl of Derby, that he is henceforth to render 60 m. per annum, namely 30 m. at Easter in the thirtieth year and 30 m. at Michaelmas in the same year, for all the debts he owes him and for which he had made fine with him to render 80 m. per annum at the Exchequer, and 60 m. thus from year to year at the same terms until all the aforesaid debts shall have been paid to the king. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

Concerning a pardon. The king has pardoned to the same earl 100 m. of the 200 m. at which he was amerced before the itinerant justices of forest pleas. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause the same to be quit from the same 100 m.

[No date]. For the abbot of Tilty. The abbot of Tilty has made fine with the king by £10, of which he will render a moiety on the morrow of the Close of Easter in the thirtieth year and a moiety at Michaelmas, for having a charter of warren, and he is to render the 12 m. which are owed to the king for that charter in the name of the [fees of the] Chancery at the Close of Easter in the aforesaid year.

[No date]. Lincolnshire. Avice, who was the wife of Ralph of Caythorpe, gives 1 m. for having a precipe [to remove a plea] from the county court of Lincolnshire to [the justices in eyre at] York. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire etc. ¹

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Corrected from ‘Yorkshire etc.’

For Adam de la More. To the sheriff of Hampshire. Adam de la More has made fine with the king by 10 m. for having the bailiwick of Eversley and of Pamber formerly of Gilbert of Eversley until the lawful age of the heirs of the same Gilbert, whereof he will pay one moiety to the king at the Exchequer on the morrow of Trinity in the thirtieth year and the other moiety on the morrow of All Souls in the thirty-first year. Order to permit Adam to have that respite. ¹

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This entry is written in a different hand to those surrounding it.

[No date]. Norfolk. Emma of Palgrave gives 20s. for having a precipe [to remove a plea] from the county court of Norfolk to [the justices of the Bench at] Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk.

28 March. Westminster. Concerning keeping counties. The king has committed the counties of Warwickshire and Leicestershire to William Trussel to keep for as long as it pleases the king.

For Roger of Huntingfield. The king has granted to Roger of Huntingfield that he is to render 5 m. on the morrow of Trinity in the thirtieth year and 5 m. on the morrow of All Souls in the thirty-first year of the 10 m. at which he was amerced before the justices who were last itinerant to take the pleas of the forest in Buckinghamshire for a trespass of the forest. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

[No date]. Concerning keeping counties. Robert Savage has the custody of the counties of Surrey and Sussex by letters patent, and he will render 20 m. each year more than his immediate predecessor rendered at the Exchequer for the aforesaid counties.

[No date]. Concerning keeping counties. Order to Ralph of Cemais to deliver the castle of Guildford to him to keep for as long as it pleases the king.

For Ralph de Vautorte. The king has taken the homage of Ralph de Vautorte for all the lands and tenements which he ought to hold of the king in chief. Order to the sheriff of Devon that, having taken security from him for rendering his relief to the king, he is to cause him to have full seisin of all the lands and tenements which Reginald de Vautorte, brother of the aforesaid Ralph, held of the king in chief in his bailiwick and of which he was seised as of fee on the day he died and which fall to the same R. by hereditary right. ¹

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There appears to be a small circle in the margin beside this entry.

Concerning hay that is to be collected. Order to Drogo de Barentin to cause all revenue from the king’s focage in his bailiwick to be collected with haste and sent to the king, whose sum, when the king knows it, shall cause to to be allowed at the Exchequer.

Concerning keeping a castle. The king has committed the castle of Sauvey with appurtenances to William Trussel by letters patent to keep for as long as it pleases the king. Order to G. of Seagrave to deliver that castle to him, as aforesaid. He will render 15 m. more than his immediate predecessor rendered at the Exchequer to the king each year at the Exchequer for the custody of the counties of Warwickshire and Leicestershire and for the same castle.

Concerning the custody of a castle. Afterwards the same was commanded to Robert Chamberlain, steward of the same Gilbert.

For Ralph de Vautorte. Ralph, brother and heir of Reginald de Vautorte, has performed fealty to the king for the manor of Silverton, which Reginald held from B., formerly earl of Devon. Order to the keeper of the lands formerly of the same earl, ¹ that, having accepted security from Ralph for his relief to the king’s use, he is to cause him to have full seisin of the aforesaid manor.

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Corrected from ‘Reginald de Vautorte’.

For Ralph de Vautorte. Order to the sheriff of Devon and Cornwall not to permit the executors of the testament of R. de Vautorte to have any administration of the chattels and goods formerly of the same Reginald until they shall have given surety to the king for paying to him the debts which the same R. owed him.

For Master Robert of Shardlow. To the justices assigned to the custody of the Jews. The king has granted to his beloved clerk Master R. of Shardlow that for as long as he shall be in the king’s service in the parts of Ireland, the interest is to stop upon the £90 which he owes to Aaron, Jew of York, upon the £50 which the same Master owes to Aaron son of Abraham, Jew of London, upon the 16 m. which the same Master owes to Floria daughter of Jacob, Jew of London, upon the 1 m. that the same Master owes to Elias, Jew of Bedford, upon the one mark which the same Master owes to Matthew, Jew of London, upon the 7 m. 40d. which the same Master owes to Rachel daughter of Abraham, Jewess of Nottingham, and upon the 6½ m. which the same Master owes to Aaron Blund and Elias le Eveske, Jews of London. Order to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

28 March. Westminster. Concerning keeping counties. The king has committed the counties of Essex and Hertfordshire to William son of Reiner to keep for as long as it pleases the king.

Concerning keeping counties. Order to Richard de Montfichet to deliver the castles of Hertford and Colchester to him; ¹ and he will render 10 m. each year at the Exchequer more than his immediate predecessor was accustomed to render.

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Witness clause entered here.

For Richard of Clifford. The king has committed the castle of St. Briavels, together with the Forest of Dean, to Richard of Clifford to keep to the king’s use for as long as it pleases the king. Order to Aymer de Chanceaux to deliver the aforesaid castle to the same Richard together with the aforesaid forest, and the arms, utensils and other goods that he received in the same castle when the king had committed it to him to keep.

For Warin fitz Gerold. The king has given respite to Warin fitz Gerold, until the morrow of the Close of Easter in the thirtieth year, from the 7 m. which are exacted from him by summons of the Exchequer for a debt of his father. Order to the sheriff of Berkshire to permit him to have peace therefrom in the meantime.

For William de Ferrers. The king has granted to William de Ferrers that he is henceforth to pay 10 m. per annum, namely 5 m at the Exchequer of Easter in the thirtieth year and 5 m at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the same year, for the entire debt which he owes him and concerning which the king granted him that he was to pay 15 m. per annum, and 10 m. thus from year to year at the same terms until that debt has been paid to the king. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

For Phillip Mimecan. The king has granted to Phillip Mimecan that he is to pay 20s. per annum, namely 10s. at Easter in the thirtieth year and 10s. at Michaelmas in the same year, for the £7 11s. 9d. at which he was amerced for a trespass of the forest, and thus each [year] at the same terms until the aforesaid amercements shall have been paid to the king. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

For Roger de Cressy. The king has granted to Roger de Cressy that he is render 5 m. at Trinity and 5 m. at Michaelmas of the 10 m. at which he was amerced before the justices in their last eyre to take the pleas of the forest at Huntingdon for a trespass in taking deer. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

29 March. Westminster. For Jews. To the justices assigned to the custody of the Jews. Licorice the Jewess, who was the wife of David, Jew of Oxford, has made fine with the king, by £2591, for having the remainder of the debts, houses ¹ and chattels of the same David, formerly her husband, which, namely, the king had not committed to his use or had pardoned to anyone before this grant, of which she will pay 200 m. per annum to the keepers of the works on the church of Westminster, namely 100 m. at Michaelmas in the thirtieth year and 100 m. at Easter in the thirty-first year, and 200 m. thus from year to year at the same terms until the aforesaid monies have been paid to the aforesaid keepers of the same works. Order to the justices assigned to the custody of the Jews that, having accepted security from Licorice by good and safe pledges for her body that she is not to flee until the aforesaid monies have been paid to the king, as aforesaid, and that if she flees, the aforesaid pledges are to be bound for the payment of all of the aforesaid money, ² they are to cause her to have full seisin of all the aforesaid chattels and debts formerly of the same David. ³ Afterwards it was changed, dated thus: Witnessed at Windsor, 20 April.

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‘houses’ is interlined.

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This replaces ‘for paying the aforesaid money faithfully to the aforesaid keepers at the aforesaid terms’.

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The witness clause –‘Witness by the king at Westminster, 29 March’ – is entered here.

For Godfrey [sic] de Mandeville. The king has granted to Geoffrey de Mandeville that he is to render 5 m. per annum, namely 2½ m. at Easter in the thirtieth year and 2½ m. at Michaelmas following, for the entire debt which he owes him, concerning which the king had previously granted to him that he was to render 100s. per annum notwithstanding that he did not keep his terms for it, and 5 m. thus from year to year at the same terms until the entire aforesaid debt has been paid to the king. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

[No date]. Surrey. John Adrian gives 20s. for having a precipe [to remove a plea] from the county court of Surrey to [the justices of the Bench at] Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Surrey etc.

[No date]. Essex. The same John gives another 20s. for having another precipe [to remove a plea] from the county court of Essex to [the justices of the Bench at] Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Essex etc.

[No date]. For the abbot of Malmesbury. Memorandum that the abbot of Malmesbury has made fine with the king by £80 for having the stock and corn of the same abbey, and he will pay a moiety to the king at the Nativity of St. John the Baptist and a moiety at Michaelmas.

29 March. Westminster. For John Talbot. The king has granted to John Talbot that he is to render 10 m. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the thirtieth year and 10 m. at Easter following of the 20 m. at which he was amerced before Robert Passelewe and his associates, itinerant justices of forest pleas, and which are exacted from him by summons of the Exchequer. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

For Isabella, who was the wife of Henry de Percy. The king has granted to Isabella, who was the wife of Henry de Percy, that she is to pay 10 m. at Michaelmas in the thirtieth year and 10 m. at Easter next following of the 20 m. by which she made fine with the king for having the custody of the lands and heirs of the aforesaid Richard [sic]. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

[No date]. Bedfordshire. Stephen son of Geoffrey and Sibyl, his wife, give half a mark for having an assize of novel disseisin before Gilbert of Preston. Order to the sheriff of Bedfordshire etc.

[No date]. For Paulinus Peyvre. Paulinus Peyvre has made fine with the king by 1000 m. for having the custody of the land and heirs of Ralph de St. Amand, together with the marriage of the same, and for having the plough-teams and stock of the same lands, of which 1000 m. he will pay 100 m. to the archdeacon of Westminster and Edward son of Odo, keepers of the works on the church of Westminster, at Michaelmas in the thirtieth year and 100 m. at Easter next following towards the aforesaid works, and thus each year ¹ until the aforesaid 1000 m. are paid towards the aforesaid works. ²

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1 April. Westminster. For William of Whitchurch. William, son and heir of William de Warenne of Whitchurch, has made fine with the king by 20 m. for his relief of the lands and tenements which he ought to hold of the heir of W., formerly Earl Warenne, who is in the king’s custody, and he has performed fealty for this to the king. Order to the sheriff of Shropshire that, having accepted security from the aforesaid William for the aforesaid 20 m., he is to cause him to have full seisin of all the lands and tenements formerly of the aforesaid William, his father, in his bailiwick, of which he was seised as of fee on the day he died, having retained the castle of Whitchurch in the king’s hand until he has an order from the king otherwise.

Concerning a pardon. The king has pardoned to Nicholas de Boleville the 25 m. that he was bound to pay to him at this Easter in the thirtieth year of the debt which he owes to him and concerning which the king had granted that he was to render 50 m. per annum to him. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause him to be quit from the aforesaid 25 m.

For John Talbot. The king has given respite to John Talbot, until Michaelmas in the thirtieth year, from the 10 m. which are exacted from him by summons of the Exchequer. Order to the sheriff of Yorkshire to permit him to have that respite.

[No date]. Concerning keeping counties and castles. The king by letters patent has committed the county of Northumberland and [the castle of] Newcastle-upon-Tyne to William Heyrun to keep for as long as it pleases the king. Order to H. de Bolbec to deliver the aforesaid castle with appurtenances to him, as aforesaid. ¹ The aforesaid William will render each year 65 m. more of profit than the same Hugh was accustomed to render for the custody of the same county and castle, and he will keep that castle at his own costs.

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Witness clause entered here.

Concerning keeping counties and castles. The king by letters patent has committed the castle of Bamburgh to Roger son of Ralph to keep for as long as it pleases the king. Order to Hugh de Bolbec to deliver that castle to him to keep as aforesaid; and he will render for the custody of the same castle 40 m. more than the same Hugh was accustomed to render.

[No date]. Shropshire. John, son of Thomas de Ashford, gives 20s. for having a pone [to remove a plea] from the county court of Shropshire to [the justices of the Bench at] Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Shropshire etc.

[No date]. Lincolnshire. Thomas, son of Hugh of Welby, gives half a mark by the pledge of John Peverel and Thomas of Poulton of the county of Kent for having a precipe [to remove a plea] from the county court of Lincolnshire to[the justices in eyre at] York. ¹

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‘of the county of Kent’ interlined.

For Richard of Clifford. Order to the sheriff of Gloucestershire to place in respite, until the octaves of Michaelmas in the thirtieth year, the demand for 20s. which he makes from Richard of Clifford for the chattels of a certain fugitive which he did not have.

5 April. Westminster. For the prioress of Amesbury. The king has granted to the prioress of Amesbury that she is to pay a moiety at the Nativity of St. John the Baptist in the thirtieth year and a moiety at Michaelmas in the same year of the 5 m. which are exacted from her by summons of the Exchequer for a promise made to the king towards marrying his first-born daughter. Order to the sheriff of Wiltshire to permit her to have those terms.

For the prior of Upavon. Order to the sheriff of Wiltshire to place in respite, until the quindene of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist in the thirtieth year, the demand which he makes from the prior of Upavon for 5 m. towards marrying the king’s first-born daughter. He is to cause the king to know then whether the same prior freely promised these to the king or whether he exacts these from him by extortion towards marrying the king’s daughter.

For the executors of the testament of John of Apton. Order to the sheriff of Essex that, having accepted security from the executors of the testament of John of Apton that they will satisfy the king for debts if the same John owed any to him, he is to permit the same executors to have free administration of all of his former goods and chattels towards making execution of his testament.

[No date]. Lincolnshire. William son of Gilbert gives one mark for having a pone [to remove a plea] from the county court of Lincolnshire to the county court of Yorkshire. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire etc.

9 April. Westminster. For Robert de Wendevalle. The king has granted to Robert de Wendevalle that he is to render 10 m. at Michaelmas in the thirtieth year and 10 m. at Easter next following for the 100 m. which he owes him for a fine that he made with him, and 20 m. thus from year to year at the same terms until the aforesaid 100 m. are paid to the king. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

[No date]. Dorset. The abbot of Bindon gives 10 m. for having an assize of novel disseisin before four justices. Order to the sheriff of Dorset.

Dorset. The same abbot gives another 10 m. for a similar assize. Order to the sheriff of Dorset etc.

[No date]. Cambridgeshire. Edmund son of Thomas gives 1 m. for having a pone [to remove a pone] from the county court of Cambridgeshire to [the justices of the Bench at] Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Cambridgeshire etc.

10 April. Westminster. For Stephen of Shinfield. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has pardoned 13 m. of the 15 m. at which Stephen, parson of the church of Shinfield, was amerced before the itinerant justices taking the pleas of the forest for a trespass of the forest. Order to cause him to be quit from the aforesaid 13 m.

11 April. Merton. For the executors of the testament of Savaric de Bohun. To the barons of the Exchequer. The executors of the testament of Savaric de Bohun have mainperned before the king (coram nobis) that they will render £50 within one year of the £108 which Savaric owed to the king of clear debts; and, at the instance of the king’s beloved and faithful John fitz Geoffrey, he has granted to Franc, son and heir of the same Savaric, that he is to render the remaining £58 at the terms which the king had previously granted to Savaric, namely £8 per annum, £4 at the Exchequer of Michaelmas and £4 at the Exchequer of Easter, until the aforesaid £58 are paid to the king. Order to cause this to be done and enrolled thus. Order, also, to cause Franc to have their judgement concerning other debts which are not clear and which are exacted from him. Afterwards, they are to signify to the king whether he ought to render them to the king or be quit therefrom, because if he ought to render them to the king, the king will grant terms to him for them so that he will not feel himself aggrieved in respect thereof. If not, the king wishes that he be quit therefrom.

For Robert of Shottenden. The king has granted to Robert of Shottenden that, of the £100 which he owes him at the Exchequer for several debts and concerning which the king had granted him that he was to render £10 at Easter and £10 at Michaelmas, he is henceforth to render £20 at similar terms until the aforesaid £100 are paid to the king, the first term for his payment beginning at Michaelmas in the thirtieth year, notwithstanding that he did not keep the aforesaid terms. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

[No date]. Lincolnshire. William of Cucroft gives 1 m. for having a pone [to remove a plea] from the county court of Lincolnshire to [the justices of the Bench at] Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire.

14 April. Merton. Concerning a pardon. The king has pardoned to Gilbert de Gant 10 m. of the 20 m. at which he was amerced before the justices of the Bench for a default that he made against Thomas de Linleg’, and the king has granted him that he is to render 5 m. of the remaining 10 m. at St. John the Baptist in the thirtieth year and 5 m. at Michaelmas next following. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause him to be quit from the aforesaid 10 m. and to have the aforesaid terms for the remaining 10 m.

[No date]. Cornwall. Robert of Raddon gives 1 m. for having a precipe [to remove a plea] from the county court of Cornwall to [the justices of the Bench at] Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Cornwall etc.

16 April. Merton. Concerning the custody of counties. Robert le Vavasur has, by letters patent, the custody of the counties of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire, so that he answers at the Exchequer for the issues of the same counties. ¹

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[No date]. For Robert [de] Tresgoz. The king has granted to Robert [de] Tresgoz that, for the debt which he owes him and concerning which he had previously made fine with him to render £20 at the Exchequer, he is henceforth to render £10 at the same terms at which he was accustomed to render the aforesaid £20, notwithstanding that, accidentally, he did not keep any of his terms, the first term of the aforesaid payment beginning at Michaelmas in the thirtieth year. Order to the barons of the Exchequer [to cause this] to be done thus etc.

18 April. Chertsey. For the earl of Hereford. The king has granted to the earl of Hereford that, for the remainder of a fine of 800 m. which Eva de Braose made with the king, for which fine the king has betaken himself to the same earl for the aforesaid Eva, he is to render 100 m. per annum at the Exchequer at the same terms at which he was accustomed to render those to the king before the king had given him respite therefrom by reason of the war of Wales. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

For the executors of the testament of Simon of Ropsley. Order to the sheriff of Leicestershire not to permit the executors of the testament of Simon of Ropsley to have any administration of the goods and chattels formerly of the same Simon towards making execution of his testament until he has taken surety from them for rendering debts to the king if he owed him anything.

18 April. Windsor. For William Mauduit. The king has granted to William Mauduit that, of the debt which he owes him and concerning which he had previously made fine with him to render 40 m. per annum at the Exchequer, he is henceforth to render 30 m. at the same Exchequer, namely 15 m. at Michaelmas in the thirtieth year, 15 m. at the Exchequer of Easter next following, and 30 m. thus from year to year at the same terms until the aforesaid debt is paid to the king. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be thus done and enrolled.

For the men of Kempton. The king has given respite to the men of Kempton, until Michaelmas in the thirtieth year, from the £5 which they were bound to pay him in the quindene of Easter of the tallage of £10 charged upon them, on condition that they render the aforesaid £10 to the king then. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause them to have that term.

For Robert de St. John. The king has granted to Robert de St. John that he is to render 20 m. in the octaves of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist in the thirtieth year and 20 m. at Michaelmas next following for the 200 m. by which he has made fine with him for trespass of the forest, and 40 m. at each of the Exchequers of Easter and Michaelmas in the years next following until the aforesaid 100 m. [sic] are paid to the king. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

For a Jew. Because Mosse, son of Hamo the Jew of Hereford, has made fine with the king by £3000, which are to be rendered to the keepers of the works on the church of Westminster at the terms which the king has given to him, for having the chattels and goods formerly of the same Hamo together with the debts which have come into the king’s hand, order to sheriffs and constables of Hereford, Gloucester, Worcester, Winchester, Hampshire, Wiltshire, Devon, Oxford, Norfolk, Bristol and Shrewsbury/Shropshire to order all debtors who owe the aforesaid debts to him by the tallies and chirographs which Mosse will show to them under the name of the said Hamo, the other parts of which are in the arch of chirographs, to render without delay to the aforesaid Mosse, or to his messenger, the chattels contained in those tallies and chirographs together with the interest, for which namely the term has passed and they did nothing, and the same Mosse or his messenger are to show them their tallies and chirographs which they have concerning this, and then they are to cause Mosse or his messenger to be seised of the gages contained in those tallies and chirographs. Item, if they have intruded into the lands, rents and tenements of anyone after they had been mortgaged to the said Hamo, they are similarly to cause them to have full seisin thereof until he shall have been satisfied for that debt according to a portion of those lands, rents and tenements. The king prohibits them from exacting any bezant from them to the king’s use for making this distraint. ¹ They had letters patent.

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[No date]. Concerning a certain palfrey. Michael Tovy and John Adrian give one palfrey by the pledge of Bertram de Criel for having a writ.

20 April. Windsor. Concerning lands that are to be taken into the king’s hand. Order to the sheriff of Buckinghamshire to take into the king’s hand eight acres of land and three parts of a messuage with appurtenances in Aylesbury which have been alienated from the sergeanty which William le Angevin senior held of the king in the same vill, and he is to deliver those to J. fitz Geoffrey who will answer for the same issues at the Exchequer when the king will wish.

[No date]. Norfolk. Gervase of Bradfield gives 1 m. for having a writ of attaint. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk etc.

[No date]. For Robert de Muscegros. Robert de Muscegros has made fine with the king by 300 m. for having the custody of the land and heirs of Geoffrey Esturmy until the [lawful] age of the same heirs and for the marriage of the same, of which he will render 50 m. per annum to the keepers of the works on the church of the Blessed Peter, Westminster, towards the same works, until the aforesaid 300 m. are paid towards the same works, namely 25 m. at Michaelmas in the thirtieth year, 25 m. at Easter next following, and 50 m. thus each year at similar terms until the aforesaid 300 m. are paid towards the aforesaid works.

20 April. Windsor. For Robert de Muscegros. Order to the sheriffs of Hampshire [and] Wiltshire to cause the same Robert to have seisin of all the lands formerly of the same Geoffrey in their bailiwicks, of which he was seised as of fee on the day he died.

For Gruffydd ap Gwenwynwyn. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has given respite to Gruffydd ap Gwenwynwyn, until Easter in the thirty-first year, from the £100 that he owes him of the fine of £200 which he made with the king for his lands of Wales. Order to cause him to have that respite.

[No date]. For Saer of Odell. The king has granted to Saer of Odell that he is to render 10 m. per annum at the Exchequer, namely 5 m. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the thirtieth year and 5 m. at the Exchequer of Easter next following, for the 50 m. at which he was amerced before Robert Passelewe and his associates in Northamptonshire for a trespass of the forest, and 10 m. thus from year to year at the same terms until the aforesaid 50 m. are paid to the king. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

[No date]. For the countess of Lincoln. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to receive from M. countess of Lincoln and Pembroke the king’s scutage from the knights’ fees of the honour of Bolingbroke that she recognises and to place in respite the residue which she does not reognise until Michaelmas in the thirtieth year, so that judgement may be given between her and the king then without any further delay as to whether she ought to render the residue of that scutage to the king or be quit therefrom.

[No date]. Concerning keeping castles. Hamo Passelewe, sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk, keeper of the castles of Norwich and Orford, will render £25 each year of increment more than any of his predecessors was accustomed to render for as long as he shall have custody of the same castles.

21 April. Windsor. Concerning a pardon. The king has pardoned to Simon of Brackley 20 m. of the 40 m. at which he was amerced before the justices of the Bench for a trespass, and has granted to him that he will render 5 m. each year at Michaelmas of the remaining 20 m. until the aforesaid 20 m. are paid to the king. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause him to be quit from the aforesaid 20 m. and to cause him to have the aforesaid term for the remaining 20 m.

[No date]. For certain men of the king. The men of Rodley, Newnham, Minsterworth and Awre have made fine with the king by 6 m. for having respite from the pannage that the king exacts from them in his forest of Dean until the next arrival of the justices of forest pleas in those parts, so that it may be inquired then before the same justices whether the same shall be bound to pay that pannage to the king or not. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause them to have that respite by the aforesaid fine. ¹

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[No date]. Norfolk. Roger de Bederes gives 2 m. for having a pone [to remove a plea] from the county court of Norfolk to [the justices of the Bench at] Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk etc.

[No date]. Concerning lands that are to be taken into the king’s hand. Order to the sheriff of Buckinghamshire to take into the king’s hand 60 acres of land with appurtenances in Hanslope of the assarts which the itinerant justices of forest pleas in those parts took into the king’s hand because Robert de Belaunay sold the aforesaid land to Ralph Clerk of Stratton’ within the king’s seisin without the king’s licence.

23 April. Windsor. Northamptonshire. To the sheriff of Northamptonshire. Order that if Robert, son of Robert Nel of Barnack, taken and detained in the king’s prison of Northampton for trespass of the forest, will find him good and safe pledges to answer for that trespass before the justices next itinerant to take the pleas of the forest in the aforesaid county, then he is cause him to be delivered from the aforesaid prison, having first accepted security from him for half a mark to the king’s use; and he is to have there the names of the pledges and this writ.

[No date]. Concerning keeping the king’s wines. Order to the sheriff of Shropshire to commit the custody of the king’s wines of Shrewsbury to William Baril and Reiner Red, so that they will keep them and answer to the king for them.

Concerning a pardon. The king has pardoned to John Maltravers £30 of the debt which he owes to Licorice the Jewess, who was the wife of David, Jew of Oxford, for which and for other debts which were owed to the same David she has made fine with the king by £2591, which are to be paid to the keepers of the works on [the church of] the Blessed Peter, Westminster, towards the same works. The king has granted to the same John that he is to render £20 each year of the residue of same debt to the keepers of the aforesaid works, namely £10 at Michaelmas and £10 at Easter until that entire debt is paid. Order to the barons of the Exchequer that, having allowed the aforesaid £30 to the same Jewess in the aforesaid fine, they are to cause the same John to be quit therefrom and to have the aforesaid terms for the residue of the same debt, and to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

Concerning a pardon. It is written in the same manner to the keepers of the aforesaid works.

[No date]. For Maurice of Berkeley. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has granted to his beloved and faithful Maurice of Berkeley that the £24 which the king owes to him for his wages for the 80 days during which he stands in the king’s service by his order in the parts of West Wales with two other knights are to be allowed to him in the debt which he owes to the king at his Exchequer, concerning the residue of which debt the king wills that Maurice shall render £20 to him at the same terms at which he was accustomed to render £40 to the king for this. Order that, having allowed the aforesaid £24 to Maurice, they are to cause him to have the aforesaid terms.

For Warin de Munchesney. Order to Bertram de Criel, constable of Rochester, ¹ to place in respite, until the morrow of Michaelmas, the ward which he exacts from Warin de Munchesney for the knights’ fees which he holds of the castellanship of the same castle.

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23 April. Windsor. For Guy of Rochford. The king has granted to Guy of Rochford that he is to render £8 15s. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the thirtieth year, £8 15s. at Easter following, and £16 30s. in the following year at the same terms for the £25 [sic] at which the stock which the king had in the lands formerly of B., formerly earl of Derby [sic], was valued, which the king caused to be assigned to the same Guy for his fee of £120 and which stock the king demised to him at the same value. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

24 April. Windsor. Concerning a pardon. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has pardoned to his beloved and faithful Herbert fitz Peter 50 m. of the 100 m. at which he was amerced before the itinerant justices of forest pleas, and has granted him that he is to render 10 m. of the remaining 50 m. each year at Michaelmas until the aforesaid 50 m. are paid to him. Order to cause him to be quit from the aforesaid 50 m. and to have that term for the remaining 50 m.

[No date]. Hampshire. The prior of Selborne gives half a mark for having a precipe [to remove a plea] from the county court of Hampshire to [the justices of the Bench at] Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Hampshire etc.

For Nicholas de Molis. Nicholas de Molis has respite by letters directed to the barons of the Exchequer from all the debts which he owes to the king and which are exacted from him by summons of the Exchequer, until the morrow of Trinity.

For Walter of Upnor. Walter of Upnor has respite from the 4 m. which remain to be rendered to the king of the 5 m. at which he was amerced before the justices who lately itinerated to take the pleas of the forest in Berkshire, and letters are sent to the barons of the Exchequer.

Concerning handing over on bail. Order to the sheriff of Huntingdonshire that if Simon Maufe, Oliver le Moyne and William de Esseb’, who have been taken and detained in the king’s prison of Huntingdon for a trespass of the forest and the taking of deer shall find him safe pledges that they will be before the justices of forest pleas at their first coming to those parts in order to stand to right for the aforesaid trespass, then he is to deliver them from prison by those pledged, having accepted security from them for 20s. for their delivery.

25 April. Windsor. For John of Lexington. Order to the dean of St. Paul’s, London, and his associates, executors of the testament of R., formerly bishop of Chichester, to place in respite until Trinity the demand for 24 m. which they make from John of Lexington for two charters, because the king wishes that they pay those to them at the same term unless he is able to show then that he ought to be quit therefrom.

For Robert of Redenhall. The king has taken the homage of Robert, son and heir of Warin of Redenhall, for all the lands and tenements which Warin held of the king in chief. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk that, having accepted security from Robert for rendering a sore goshawk to the king for his relief, he is to cause him to have seisin of all the lands and tenements of which Warin was seised as of fee on the day he died and which fall to Robert by hereditary right.

[No date]. For William of Apton. William, son and heir of John of Apton, has a similar writ. Order to the sheriff of Essex that, having accepted security for 100s. for his relief etc., as above.

[No date]. Norfolk. William of Holkham gives 1 m. for having a pone [to remove a plea] from the county court of Norfolk to [the justices of the Bench at] Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk etc.

[No date]. Somerset. William de Marisco gives 2 m. for having a precipe [to remove a plea] from the county of Somerset to [the justices of the Bench at] Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Somerset etc.

For Thomas Tyrel. The king has taken the homage of Thomas Tyrel, brother and heir of Peter Tyrel, for the lands and tenements which Peter held of the king in chief in Bedfordshire. Order to the sheriff of Bedfordshire that, having accepted security for 50s. from Thomas for rendering his relief to the king, he is to cause him to have seisin of all the lands and tenements formerly of Peter, of which he was seised as of fee on the day he died.

For Ralph de Mortimer. The king has granted to Ralph de Mortimer that he is to render 20 m. each year at the Exchequer of Michaelmas and 20 m. at the Exchequer of Easter for the 300 m. at which he was amerced in Berkshire, Hampshire and Oxfordshire for trespasses of the forest, until the aforesaid 300 m. are paid to the king. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

27 April. Windsor. For the men of Winchester. The king has given respite to the trustworthy men of Winchester, until Michaelmas in the thirtieth year, from the 100 m. which they owe him of a tallage of 200 m. assessed upon them. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause them to have that respite.

[No date]. Middesex. William of Poyle gives 1 m. for having a precipe [to remove a plea] from the county court of Middlesex to [the justices of the Bench at] Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Middlesex etc.

[No date]. Dorset. Adam Heyrun and Matilda, his wife, give 20s. for having a precipe [to remove a plea] from the county court of Dorset to [the justices of the Bench at] Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Dorset.

30 April. Westminster. For Enguerrand de Fiennes. The king has given respite to Enguerrand de Fiennes, until the quindene of Michaelmas in the thirtieth year, from all the debts which he owes him and which are exacted from him by summons of the Exchequer, both for prests and other debts. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause him to have that respite.

[No date]. Norfolk [sic]. John of Gatesden gives 1 m. for having a precipe [to remove a plea] from the county court of Northamptonshire to [the justices of the Bench at] Westminster. Order to the Westminster etc.

[No date]. Lincolnshire. Benedict of Rolleston gives 1 m. for having a precipe [to remove a plea] from the county court of Lincolnshire to [the justices of the Bench at] Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire etc.

[No date]. Middlesex. Walter Red gives 20s. for having a writ of attaint relating to the county of Middlesex at Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Middlesex etc.

4 May. Westminster. Concerning a pardon. Notification to the barons of the Exchequer that the king has pardoned to Aymer de Chanceaux £78 of the £278 which he owes him for the arrears of his account from the time when he had the custody of the county of Herefordshire, the Forest of Dean and the castle of St. Briavels. The king has granted to him that he is to render £20 per annum of the remaining £200 towards the works on the church of the Blessed Peter, Westminster, ¹ namely £10 at Michaelmas and £10 at Easter until the aforesaid £200 are paid to the king. They are to cause him to be quit from the aforesaid £78 and to have the aforesaid terms for the remaining £200.

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For Reginald de Botreaux. Reginald de Botreaux has respite, by letters directed to the barons of the Exchequer, from the 9 m. which he owes to the king of the debt of William, his father, and which are exacted from him by summons of the Exchequer, until Michaelmas in the thirtieth year.

For the abbot of Bury St. Edmunds. The abbot of Bury St. Edmunds has a similar respite until the quindene of Michaelmas from a murder fine and other things touching his liberty etc. as above.

4 May. Westminster. For the abbot of Jumièges. To the sheriff of Hampshire. The king has given respite to the abbot of Jumièges, until the quindene of Michaelmas in the thirtieth year, from coming into England to do towards the king what he ought to do for the lands which the aforesaid abbot holds in England. Order to cause the prior of Hayling, proctor of the same abbot, to have such seisin as he previously had of all the lands formerly of the aforesaid abbot in his bailiwick which have been taken into the king’s hand on account of the default of the same abbot.

7 May. Westminster. For Andrew of Cardinham. The king has granted to Andrew of Cardinham that he is to render £20 per annum, namely £10 at Michaelmas in the thirtieth year and £10 at Easter next following, for the £93 13s. 4d. which he owes him and which are exacted from him by summons of the Exchequer, and £20 thus from year to year at the same terms until the aforesaid money is paid to the king. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

[No date]. For Henry son of Henry. Henry son of Henry has similar terms for £16 13s. 8d., of which he will render £10 per annum at the same terms.

For the abbot of Bury St. Edmunds. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to place in respite, until the quindene of Michaelmas in the thirtieth year, the demand which they make by summons of the Exchequer from the abbot of Bury St. Edmunds for a murder fine, the chattels of fugitives, a common amercement and other things touching the liberty of the same.

[No date]. Yorkshire. Ralph de Béthune gives 20s. for having a writ of attaint. Order to the sheriff of Yorkshire etc.

8 May. Westminster. Concerning assessing tallage. John Gubaud and Richard of Gatesden have been assigned to tallage the king’s demesne lands in Yorkshire.

Concerning assessing tallage. The same have similar letters to assess tallage upon those who hold of the wards who are in the king’s hand.

8 May. Croydon. Concerning selling dead wood. Order to the sheriff of Surrey to cause all the dead wood in the king’s park of Guildford to be sold by the view and hand of four law-worthy men of Guildford, so that the king incurs no damage by reason of this sale either in vert or venison, and he is to cause the keepers of the same park to have their liveries from the monies arising therefrom, namely 2d. to both of them per day. By the counsel and letters of R. Passelewe.

For the men of Grimsby. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to place in respite, until three weeks from Michaelmas, the demand which they make from the men of Grimsby for certain allowances which they pray be allowed to them, and in the meanwhile they are to cause them to have peace from the sheriff of Lincolnshire.

For William Cusin. The king has granted to William Cusin that he is to render 20s. each year at Michaelmas for the £6 which are exacted from him by summons of the Exchequer, until they are paid. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

[No date]. Lincolnshire. Christiana, who was the wife of Richard of Colsterworth, gives 1 m. for having a precipe [to remove a plea] from the county court of Lincolnshire to [the justices of the Bench at] Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire etc.

9 May. Canterbury. Concerning assessing tallage. The sheriff of Kent and Henry of Wingham have been assigned to tallage the king’s demesne lands of Milton Regis, Ospringe and Elham in the county of Kent.

For Peter de Pelevill’. The king has taken the homage of Peter, brother [sic] and heir of Peter de Pelevill’, for all the lands and tenements which the same Peter held of the king in chief in the honour of Haughley. Order to William son of Reiner, keeper of the aforesaid honour, that, having accepted security from the aforesaid Peter for rendering 100s. to the king for his relief, he is to cause him to have seisin of all the lands and tenements of which the same Peter was seised as of fee on the day he died and which fall to his same brother [sic] by hereditary right.

[No date]. Surrey. The prior of Southwark gives half a mark for having a pone [to remove a plea] from the county court of Surrey to [the justices of the Bench at] Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Surrey etc.

12 May. Canterbury. For Roger Cusin. Order to the barons of the Exchequer that if Roger Cusin will find him good security for rendering £9 10s. to the king per annum at the Exchequer, at which the land of the same, which was taken into the king’s hand for a debt which he owes to him, is extended, until all the debt is rendered to the king, they are to cause him to then have such seisin of his land as he had thereof before it had been taken into the king’s hand for the aforesaid reason.

Concerning tallage that is to be assessed. Geoffrey of Appleby and Henry de Maulay ¹ have been assigned to tallage the king’s demense lands in Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire and to extend more fully the lands which are held of the king’s sergeanty in the same counties.

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For William de Beauchamp. The king has granted to William de Beauchamp, sheriff of Worcestershire, that he is to render 20 m. per annum, namely 10 m. at Michaelmas in the thirtieth year and 10 m. at Easter next following, and thus from year to year etc., for all the debts which he owes him, both for the aid generally granted to the king towards marrying his first-born daughter and for scutages and other debts. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause him to have the aforesaid terms.

Concerning a pardon. The king has pardoned to Bartholomew Peche the 25 m. which he ought to have rendered to him at Easter in the thirtieth year for a fine which he had made with him for the custody of the land and heirs of William de Sifrewast. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause him to be quit from the aforesaid 25 m.

For Geoffrey de Percy. Order to the sheriff of Surrey to place in respite the demand for scutage which he makes from Geoffrey de Percy for knights’ fees which he holds in his bailiwick of the fee of the archbishop of Canterbury, until the return of the aforesaid archbishop to the parts of England.

13 May. Canterbury. Concerning keeping an abbey. Robert Passelewe has the custody of the vacant abbey of Shaftesbury.

Kent. John Kat gives half a mark for having an assize of novel disseisin before the king (coram Rege). Order to the sheriff of Kent etc.

17 May. Dover. For the prior of Dover. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to place in respite the demand which they make from the prior of the house of God, Dover, who has set out on the king’s embassy towards parts overseas, for a debt of James de Vaubadon which he owes to the king, until the return of the same prior from the aforesaid parts.

For William de Beauchamp of Worcester. Order to the same to place in respite, until the quindene of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist in the thirtieth year, the demand which they make from William de Beauchamp of Worcester for the issues of the manor of Acton Beauchamp after he had held it in his hand.

14 May. Dover. Concerning tallage that is to be assessed. Order to Robert de Passelewe, archdeacon of Lewes, to cause a reasonable tallage to be assessed to the king’s use throughout the manors pertaining to the abbey of Shaftesbury and to reserve to the king’s use the chalices formerly of the abbess, now dead, and other vessels deputed to their use, which of right belong to the king.

For Godfrey de Gamages. Because the king wills that, notwithstanding that the chattels and debts of Mosse son of Hamo the Jew of Hereford are in his [Mosse’s] hand, Godfrey de Gamages is to have the same terms for rendering 80 m. to the same Jew that the king granted to the same Godfrey when the same chattels and debts were in the king’s hand, namely for rendering £10 per annum at the below-written terms, 100s. at Easter, namely, in the thirtieth year, 100s. at Michaelmas in the same year, and £10 thus from year to year at the same [terms] until the aforesaid 80 m. are paid to the same Jew, order to the barons of the Exchequer that, having allowed to Godfrey 100s. in the aforesaid Easter term, which the same Jew received from the land of Godfrey in Lent past for the aforesaid term, they are to cause him to have the remaining terms and seisin of his lands which are in the hand of the same Jew for the aforesaid debt.

[No date]. Gloucestershire. The abbot of Kingswood gives half a mark for having a precipe [to remove a plea] from the county court of Gloucestershire to [the justices of the Bench at] Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Gloucestershire etc.

[No date]. Lincolnshire. Simon Chamberlain gives 1 m. for having a precipe [to remove a plea] from the county court of Lincolnshire to [the justices in eyre at] York. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire etc. ¹

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Corrected from ‘sheriff of Yorkshire’.

19 May. Canterbury. For Walter of Clifford. The king has granted to Walter of Clifford that he is to pay £25 at the Nativity of St. John the Baptist in the thirtieth year, £25 in the quindene of Michaelmas in the same year, £25 in the quindene of Easter in the thirty-first year and £25 at the Nativity of St. John the Baptist in the same year, of the £100 at which he was amerced for a trespass of the forest. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

From here it is to be sent to the Exchequer.

23 May. Westminster. Concerning collecting scutage. Order to the keeper of the lands formerly of W. Marshal, sometime earl of Pembroke, in Netherwent to cause all the king’s scutage to be collected from the knights’ fees which the same earl held of the king in chief in his bailiwick and to be delivered to the Exchequer.

[No date]. Middlesex. Geoffrey son of Richard and Sabina, his wife, give 20s. to have an assize of novel disseisin relating to the county of Middlesex at Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Middlesex etc.

For Fulk fitz Warin. The king has granted to Fulk fitz Warin that he is to render 20s. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the thirtieth year and 20s. at the Exchequer of Hilary ¹ following of the 40s. which he promised him towards marrying his sister, the Empress. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

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Corrected from ‘the Exchequer of Michaelmas’.

[No date]. Suffolk. William de Ely and Matilda, his wife, and Amice, sister of the same Matilda, give 1 m. for having a pone [to remove a plea] from the county court of Suffolk to [the justices of the Bench at] Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Suffolk etc.

30 May. Windsor. For William de Cantilupe. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to place in respite, until the quindene of Michaelmas in the thirtieth year, the demand which they make from William de Cantilupe senior concerning the debts of Hugh de Gournay.

For the men of Rochester. The men of Rochester have a similar respite, until the next arrival of the king in London, from the £159 14s. 6d. which are exacted from them by summons of the Exchequer.

For Thomas of Hengrave. The king has granted to Thomas of Hengrave that he is to render the 2 m. which are exacted from him by summons of the Exchequer of the Jews together with his other debts, for which he had made fine with the king to render 20 m. per annum, so that his fine is not to increase by reason of the aforesaid 2 m. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

[No date]. Concerning handing over on bail. Roger of Winchester and Semblaund le Bern’, who are detained in the king’s gaol of St. Briavels for a trespass in taking a stag in the king’s forest, give 1 m. for their delivery from that gaol by plevin to stand to right for this before the justices of forest pleas. Order to the constable of St. Briavels etc.

For William de Beauchamp. The king has granted to William de Beauchamp of Worcester that he is to have respite from rendering an account to the king for the issues of the county of Worcestershire and for the arrears due to the king from the same county. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause him to have that respite.

[No date]. Oxfordshire. Otewy Purcel gives half a mark for having a pone [to remove a plea] from the county court of Oxfordshire to [the justices of the Bench at] Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Oxfordshire etc.

[No date]. Staffordshire. The abbot of Osney gives 20s. for having a pone [to remove a plea] from the county court of Staffordshire to [the justices of the Bench at] Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Staffordshire etc.

2 June. Windsor. For Geoffrey de Lucy. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to place in respite, until the octaves of Michaelmas in the [thirtieth] year, the demand which they make by summons of the Exchequer from Geoffrey de Lucy for the arrears of the farm of the manor of Titchfield.

For the prior of Nostell. The king has released the prior of St. Oswald of Nostell from all but 100 m of the fine of £100 which he had made before the itinerant justices in Yorkshire for a trespass. Order to the same justices to cause summons of the Exchequer to be made only for 100 m.

For the prior of Nostell. He is to render 20 m. each year by letters directed to the barons of the Exchequer, namely 10 m. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas and 10 m. at the Exchequer of Easter until the aforesaid 100 m. are paid to the king, the first term beginning at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the thirtieth year.

For the prior of Nostell. It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Yorkshire.

[No date]. For Robert de Punchardon. Robert de Punchardon has made fine with the king by 100s., which are to be rendered to the king in the quindene of Michaelmas, for the trespass that he made in taking Alice de Kernet, who ought not to have been married without the king’s licence, to wife without the king’s licence, and Robert is from the county of Wiltshire. Order to the sheriff of Wiltshire to cause Robert and Alice to have seisin of her land, of which they had been disseised for this reason.

4 June. Windsor. For Hugh Phitun. The king has taken the homage of Hugh, son and heir of Richard Phitun, for all the lands and tenements which Richard held of the king in chief. Order to J. de Gray, ¹ justice of Chester that, having accepted security from the same Hugh for rendering 100s. to the king for his relief, he is to cause him to have seisin of all the lands and tenements of which Richard was seised as of fee on the day he died and which fall to him by hereditary right.

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[No date]. For Roger Gernet. Roger, son and heir of Vivian Gernet, has a similar writ. Order to the sheriff of Lancaster that, having accepted security for 10 m. from him for his relief etc., as above.

[No date]. For Sampson of Strelley. Sampson, son and heir of Phillip of Strelley, who held a mill with appurtenances in Brough, has a similar writ. Order to the sheriff of Derbyshire to take 2 m. for his relief etc.

Concerning manors that are to be taken into the king’s hand. Order to Bertram de Criel to take the manors of Rye and Winchelsea with all things pertaining to them into the king’s hand and to keep them safely and answer for their issues at the Exchequer, because the king makes an exchange with the abbot of Fécamp for the aforesaid manors.

Concerning keeping counties. The king has committed the county of Hereford together with his castle there to Waleran Teutonicus to keep for as long as it pleases the king. Order to Aymer de Chanceaux to deliver that castle to him to keep as aforesaid.

Concerning keeping counties. The king has committed the county of Lancaster together with the king’s castle there to Matthew of Redmain by letters patent to keep for as long as it pleases the king.

5 June. Windsor. For Saer of Odell. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has granted to Saer of Odell that he is to render the 24 m. which he owes him for a certain charter together with the 50 m. which he owes him and for which he had previously made fine with him to render 10 m. per annum, so that by reason of the aforesaid 24 m. that fine is not to increase. Order to cause this to be done and enrolled thus. ¹

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Concerning chattels that are to be taken into the king’s hand. To the mayor and sheriffs of London. Order to inquire diligently which chattels John Valet, who has been taken and detained in the king’s prison for the death of Martin Malherbe, for which Cecilia, who was the wife of the same Martin appeals him, had in the king’s city of London, and to take all those chattels into the king’s hand and keep them safely until the king orders otherwise.

Concerning lands that are to be taken into the king’s hand. Order to the sheriff of Kent to take into the king’s hand all the lands formerly of Humphrey de Dun in his bailiwick and to keep them safely until he has an order from the king otherwise.

Concerning lands to be taken into the king’s hand. It is written in the manner to the sheriffs of Devon and Buckinghamshire and Essex.

Concerning lands to be taken into the king’s hand. It is written in the same manner to the sheirff of Somerset, concerning taking the lands formerly of Robert of Newburgh into the king’s hand.

[No date]. For the abbot of Byland. The abbot of Byland gives £100 for having a warren in all of his demesne lands that are outside the king’s forest, and he is to pay a moiety to the king at the Nativity of St. John the Baptist and a moiety at All Saints.

[No date]. Derbyshire. John of Gratton, who has withdrawn himself for the death of Thomas Bacon, of which he is accused, gives 10 m. to be handed over on bail. Order to the sheriff of Derbyshire etc.

6 June. Reading. For John de Stuteville. The king has given respite to John de Stuteville, until the quindene of Michaelmas in the thirtieth year, from the £17 14s. 7d. which he owes him for the corn and stock which were in his lands when the king rendered them to him. Order to Bernard of Savoy not to distrain him until the same term on account of this.

Concerning assessing tallage. John le Poer and the sheriff of Bedfordshire have been assigned to tallage the vill of Bedford.

10 June. Winchester. For John Lestrange. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king wishes that the costs and expenses which his beloved and faithful John Lestrange has incurred by his order by reason of the war moved between the king and the Welsh in his parts are to be allowed before the king (coram nobis), for which he asks that allowances to be made to him. Because the king is not free at present to hear this, he orders them to place his account in respite until the morrow of Michaelmas in the thirtieth year.

10 June. Winchester. For Hubert Hoese. To the sheriff of Wiltshire. The king has given respite to his beloved and faithful Hubert Hoese, until All Saints in the thirty-first year, from the 100s. which he exacts from him by summons of the Exchequer. Order to permit him to have that respite and to cause his livestock, taken for this reason, to be delivered to him without delay.

[No date]. Essex. Ralph de Ardenne gives 1 m. for a writ. Order to the sheriff of Essex etc.

[No date]. Gloucestershire. Walter de Burgh and Alice, his wife, give 5 m. for a writ. Order to the sheriff of Gloucestershire etc.

For the executors of the testament of Robert of Newburgh. Order to the sheriff of Somerset and Dorset to permit the executors of the testament of Robert of Newburgh to have free administration of all his former goods and chattels in his bailiwick towards making execution of his testament, having accepted security from them that they will satisfy the king for the debts which he owed him.

[No date]. Bedfordshire. John de Fresnay gives 20s. for having a precipe [to remove a plea] from the county court of Bedfordshire to [the justices of the Bench at] Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Bedfordshire etc.

[No date]. Norfolk. Because the king has pardoned this. Mariota, who was the wife of William of Risby, and John of Risby give 10 m. for a writ of inquiry. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk to take etc. ¹

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Entry cancelled because the king has pardoned this.

[No date]. Surrey. Thomas of Utworth gives 1 m. for having a precipe [to remove a plea] from the county court of Surrey to [the justices of the Bench at] Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Surrey etc.

11 June. Winchester. For John de Longvillers. The king has taken the homage of John, son and heir of Clemencia de Longvillers, for half a knight’s fee which the same Clemencia held of the king in chief in Lincolnshire. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire that, having accepted security from the same J. for rendering 50s. to the king for his relief, he is to cause him to have seisin of the aforesaid half knight’s fee.

For John de Longvillers. The king has taken the fealty ¹ of the same John for two knights’ fees with appurtenances, which the aforesaid Clemencia held of J. de Lacy, formerly earl of Lincoln, whose son and heir is in the king’s wardship, in Yorkshire. Order to the keeper of the lands formerly of the aforesaid earl in Yorkshire to take security for £10 etc. as above.

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Corrected from ‘homage’.

[No date]. For the heirs of Eva de Gray. Beatrice Murdac, Ralph Hareng and Alice, his wife, Ernald de Bosco and Joan, his wife, and Jollan, son of Jollan de Neville, give £20 for their relief of the four knights’ fees which Eva de Gray, whose heirs the same Beatrice, Alice, Joan and Jollan are, held in Oxfordshire of B., formerly earl of Devon, whose heir is in the king’s custody. ¹

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[No date]. Hampshire. Sampson del Perer gives 1 m. for having an assize of novel disseisin before the king (coram Rege). Order to the sheriff of Hampshire etc.

[No date]. Wiltshire. Phillip of Melhuish gives 1 m. for having a similar assize before the king (coram Rege). Order to the sheriff of Wiltshire etc.

[No date]. Essex. Simon de Greinville gives 1 m. for having the record of a plea before the justices of the Bench. Order to the sheriff of Essex etc.

13 June. Winchester. Concerning taking an inquisition. To the sheriff of Warwickshire and Leicestershire. Order that, by the oath of trustworthy and law-worthy men, he is to cause a diligent inquisition to be taken into which rights and liberties, which rents and also lands have been withdrawn from the king in his bailiwick since the beginning of the war waged between King J., the king’s father, and his barons of England, and he is to cause all of the aforesaid, both rights and liberties, rents and lands, thus alienated in his bailiwick to be recovered and taken into the king’s hand.

[No date]. Hampshire. Walter Wyton, Richard Fitz Luke, Geoffrey Passavaunt, William le Heir, William [de] Brikeville, Gilbert de la Broke, Herbert Quarel, Thomas de Marisco, Walter del Keue and Nicholas of Michelton give 40s. for having an assize of novel disseisin before the king (coram Rege). Order to the sheriff of Hampshire etc.

14 June. Winchester. Concerning lands that are to be taken into the king’s hand. Order to Waleran Teutonicus to take into the king’s hand all the lands formerly of Phillip Denebaud in Netherwent and to keep them safely, so that he answers for their issues at the Exchequer for as long as they will be in the king’s hand.

[No date]. Concerning lands to be taken into the king’s hand. It is written in the manner to the sheirff of Somerset and Dorset, concerning taking the lands formerly of the same Phillip in his bailiwick into the king’s hand.

[No date]. Hampshire. Robert of Sutton gives half a mark for having a precipe [to remove a plea] from the county court of Hampshire to [the justices of the Bench at] Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Hampshire etc.

[No date]. Leicestershire. John of Skeffington gives half a mark for having a pone [to remove a plea] from the county court of Leicestershire to [the justices of the Bench at] Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Leicestershire etc.

17 June. Beaulieu. Concerning making summons. Order to Roger of Thirkleby and his associates, justices ¹ itinerant in Lincolnshire, to cause summons to be made without delay for all amercements in their eyre in the aforesaid county, so that the king will have a moiety thereof at the Exchequer on the morrow of the Assumption of the Blessed Mary and a moiety on the morrow of St. Edward.

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[No date]. Lincolnshire. Robert de Waterville gives 1 m. for having a precipe [to remove a plea] from the county court of Lincolnshire to [the justices of the Bench at] Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire etc.

[No date]. Wiltshire. Matilda, daughter of Richard Bishop, and Joan and Cecilia, her sisters, give 20s. for having an assize of novel disseisin before the king (coram Rege). Order to the sheriff of Wiltshire etc.

[No date]. Cornwall. Bartholomew de Chaumont gives 1 m. for having a precipe [to remove a plea] from the county court of Cornwall to [the justices of the Bench at] Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Cornwall etc.

18 June. Beaulieu. For the executors of the testament of Walter of Ashley. Order to the sheriff of Somerset to permit the executors of the testament of Walter of Ashley to have free administration of all the goods and chattels which were his in his bailiwick towards making execution of his testament, having accepted security that they from them will firstly satisfy the king for the debts which he owed to him. ¹ It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Wiltshire and Gloucestershire.

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For the bishop of Exeter. To the barons of the Exchequer. Order to place in respite, until Michaelmas in 15 days, all demands which they make from the venerable father in Christ R. bishop of Exeter and which he does not recognise.

[No date]. Suffolk. Reginald de Pavilly gives 20s. for having a pone [to remove a plea] from the county court of Suffolk to [the justices of the Bench at] Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Suffolk etc.

[No date]. Devon. Jordan Bozun gives 1 m. for having a pone [to remove a plea] from the county court of Devon to [the justices of the Bench at] Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Devon etc.

19 June. Southampton. For Robert fitz Payn. The king has taken the homage of Robert, son and heir of Roger fitz Payn, for all the lands and tenements which Roger held in chief of the king. Order to the sheriff of Wiltshire to cause Robert to have full seisin of all the lands and tenements of which Roger was seised as of fee on the day he died and which fall to Robert by hereditary right, saving to she who was the wife of the same Roger the corn in the lands from the coming autumn, for which she will answer to the king at the Exchequer of Michaelmas for a moiety of the farm of 100 m. which she was accustomed to render to the king per annum for the aforesaid lands.

For Robert fitz Payn. It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Somerset, Dorset and Devon.

For Robert fitz Payn. The same Robert has performed fealty to the king for all the lands and tenements which the aforesaid Roger held in chief of the Earl Marshal in Netherwent. Order to Waleran Teutonicus, keeper of the lands formerly of the aforesaid earl in Netherwent, [to cause him to have full seisin of] all the lands etc. as above up to ‘saving’ etc. as above.

19 June. Mottisfont. For Phillip de Aules. The king has taken the homage of Phillip, son and heir of William de Aules, for five virgates of land with appurtenances in Brampton that the same William held of the king in chief. Order to the sheriff of Huntingdonshire that, having accepted security from Phillip for rendering 1 m. to the king for his relief, he is to cause him to have full seisin of the aforesaid five virgates of land with appurtenances.

[No date]. Sussex. Maurice son of Walter gives 2 m. for having a precipe [to remove a plea] from the county court of Sussex to [the justices of the Bench at] Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Sussex etc.

23 June. Clarendon. For the bishop and chapter of London. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to place in respite, until the quindene of Michaelmas in the thirtieth year, the dispute moved between the bishop, dean and chapter of St. Paul’s, London, and the sheriffs of London over a toll or customs duty, so that that dispute might duly to determined there in the presence of the king.

For Warner Engayne. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to place in respite, until the quindene of Michaelmas in the thirtieth year, the demand for arrears which they make by summons of the Exchequer from Warner Engayne for the time when he had the custody of the king’s demesne lands. In the meantime, however, they are to cause it to be seen which of those arrears are clear and which not, and also how much he prays to be allowed to him for his expenses from the aforesaid time, so that they might certify the king concerning the aforesaid at the same term. In the meantime, though, they are to permit him to possess his goods and chattels in peace.

For the executors of the testament of H., formerly earl of Kent. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to place in respite, until Michaelmas in the thirtieth year, the demand which they make by summons of the Exchequer from the executors of the testament of H. de Burgh, formerly earl of Kent, for the scutages of Kerry and Brittany, for the arrears of the farm of Knaresborough and Church Stretton and for the custody of the land and heir of Robert de Turville.

[No date]. Norfolk. John of Dagworth gives 1 m. for having a precipe [to remove a plea] from the county court of Norfolk to [the justices of the Bench at] Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk etc.

Wiltshire. The prior of Monkton Farleigh gives 1 m. for having a precipe [to remove a plea] from the county court of Wiltshire to [the justices of the Bench at] Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Wiltshire etc.

25 June.Clarendon. For Peter de Wateville. The king has granted to Peter de Wateville that he is to render 2½ m. at Michaelmas in the thirtieth year and 2½ m. at Easter next following for the 20 m. at which he was amerced before the itinerant justices of forest pleas, and 5 m. thus from year to year at the same terms until the aforesaid 20 m. are paid to the king. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause him to have the aforesaid terms.

[No date]. For Mabel de Scotney. The king has granted to Mabel de Scotney that, for the 60 m. by which Isenbard de Fontibus has made fine with him for the trespass which he made in taking the same Mabel to wife without the king’s licence, the same Isenbard and Mabel are to render 5 m. at Easter in the thirty-first year, 5 m. at Michaelmas next following, and 10 m. thus from year to year at the same terms etc. as above.

26 June. Clarendon. For the executors of the testament of H. of Merton. Order to the sheriff of Devon to permit the executors of the testament of Henry of Merton to have free administration of all the goods and chattels which were his in his bailiwick towards making execution of his testament, having accepted security from them that they will pay his debt to the king, if he owed anything, from the first monies arising therefrom. ¹

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27 June. Clarendon. For John de Scruteville. The king has committed his manor of Melbourne to John de Scruteville to keep for as long as it pleases the king. Order to the sheriff of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire to cause him to have full seisin of the aforesaid manor with appurtenances.

[No date]. Wiltshire. Richard son of Phillip gives 20s. for having an assize of novel disseisin before the king (coram Rege) upon his first arrival at Marlborough, concerning a tenement in Clevancy. Order to the sheriff of Wiltshire that etc.

28 June. Clarendon. For Roger Bertram. The king has taken the homage of Roger, son and heir of Roger Bertram, for all the lands and tenements which the same Roger held of the king in chief. Order to Robert of Crepping to cause him to have full seisin of all the lands and tenements which fall to the same Roger by hereditary right and which are in the custody of the same Robert, saving to the king the corn of the forthcoming autumn from the demesne lands formerly of the same Roger if the king shall cause those demesne lands to be tilled by his own plough-teams, or the farm of the same demesne lands ¹ for the term of St. Cuthbert if the king shall not cause them to be tilled by his own plough-teams.

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Corrected from ‘of the same lands’.

30 June. Clarendon. Concerning keeping the bishopric of Carlisle. The king, by letters patent, has committed to Thomas of Stamford the bishopric of Carlisle, vacant by the death of W., formerly bishop of the same place, to keep for as long as it pleases the king.

Concerning keeping the bishopric of Carlisle. Order to the sheriff of Carlisle [sic] to cause him to have seisin of the same bishopric and of all things pertaining to it.

Clarendon. Concerning keeping the bishopric of Carlisle. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire to take into the king’s hand the manor of Horncastle with appurtenances, formerly of the aforesaid bishop, and to keep it safely so that he answers for the issues of the same manor at the Exchequer until he has an order from the king otherwise.

3 July. Clarendon. Concerning a pardon. The king has pardoned to the trustworthy men of Southampton 72 m. of the 272 m. by which they made fine with him for the trespass that they made in carrying away stone, lead and timber from his castle of Southampton, and the king has granted them that they are to render £20 per annum of the remaining 200 m., namely £10 at Michaelmas in the thirtieth year, £10 at Easter next following and £20 thus from year to year at the same terms until the aforesaid 200 m. are paid to the king. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause them to be quit from the aforesaid 72 m. and to have the aforesaid terms for the remaining 200 m.

[No date]. Wiltshire. Matilda, ¹ who was the wife of Henry son of Richard, gives 1 m. for having a pone [to remove a plea] from the county court of Wiltshire to [the justices of the Bench at] Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Wiltshire etc.

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Corrected from ‘Mabel’.

For Mabel Revel. The king has taken the homage of Mabel ¹ Revel, sister and heiress of Walter of Ashley for all the lands and tenements which Walter held of the king in chief. Order to the sheriff of Somerset that, having accepted security from Mabel for rendering £100 to the king for her relief, he is to cause her to have full seisin of all the lands and tenements of which Walter was seised as of fee on the day he died and which fall to her by hereditary right. Once he has taken that security from Mabel, he is to signify this to the sheriff of Gloucestershire, to whom it has been commanded that, once the sheriff of Somerset has signified this to him, he is to cause her to have seisin of all the aforesaid lands.

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Corrected from ‘Matilda’.

8 July. Winchester. For the executors of the testament of Thomas of Berkeley. The king has given respite to the executors of the testament of Thomas of Berkeley, until the quindene of Michaelmas in the thirtieth year, from the 40 m. in which the same Thomas was bound to him. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause them to have that respite.

10 July. Winchester. For Henry de Hauville. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire to place in respite, until Michaelmas in the thirtieth year, the demand for 10 m. which he makes by summons of the Exchequer from Henry de Hauville for a writ, and to deliver his livestock taken for that reason.

[No date]. Leicestershire. Robert de Beaumont of Scalford gives 40s. for having an assize of novel disseisin before Gilbert of Preston. Order to the sheriff of Leicestershire etc.

[No date]. Norfolk. Agatha, who was the wife of Bertram of Whitlingham, gives 1 m. for having a precipe [to remove a plea] from the county court of Norfolk to [the justices of the Bench at] Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk etc.

Winchester. Concerning assessing tallage. Order to John Gubaud and Richard of Gatesden to cause tallage to be assessed to the king’s use upon the men holding of the lands formerly of W., sometime Earl Warenne.

[No date]. Sussex. The abbot of Robertsbridge gives 1 m. for having a precipe [to remove a plea] from the county court of Sussex to [the justices of the Bench at] Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Sussex etc.

For the abbot of Malmesbury. The king has granted to the abbot of Malmesbury that he is to render 30 m. at Michaelmas in the thirtieth year and 30 m. at Easter next following of the 60 m. which he was held to render to him at the same feast of Michaelmas for the fine of £80 that he had made with him for the stock of his house whilst his abbey was vacant and in the king’s hand. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause him to have those terms.

13 July. Winchester. Concerning assessing tallage. John le Poer and Henry le Breton ¹ have been assigned to tallage the king’s demesne lands in Staffordshire and Shropshire, and similarly to tallage the vill of Montgomery. ²

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Corrected from ‘William of Worcester’.

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Corrected from ‘the vills of Montgomery and St. Briavels’.

Concerning the corn of assarts. To Henry of Farleigh, Hamo of Basing, Robert de Anesy and John de Cormeilles. Whereas the king has assigned them to value the corn from certain assarts taken into the king’s hand in Hampshire, which assarts have not yet been rented out, order, having accepted the estreats of the aforesaid assarts from the king’s beloved and faithful R. de Passelewe, archdeacon of Lewes, they are to go in person to view the aforesaid assarts [and assess] with what kind of grain they have been brought under cultivation, and, having allowed a certain number of acres in each bailiwick of the forest in the aforesaid county, they are to cause the corn thereof to be valued at a certain value according to what will be good, middling or poor by the oath of twelve law-worthy men, sworn jurors of the country. They are also to take pledges from all those who hold the aforesaid assarts to render the value of the corn from their assarts to the king, because they did not wish to rent these out previously. ¹ If there shall be anyone who will not wish to take corn from their assarts for the value at which they value it, then they are to cause the king’s advantage to be made therefrom as shall seem best to them, and they are to cause the value of the corn and the number of acres to be openly enrolled and sent to the barons of the Exchequer.

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Concerning the corn of assarts. It is written in the same manner to Roger of Hyde, Robert of Uffington, Geoffrey Martel and Richard of Peasemore, who have been assigned to do such a thing in Berkshire.

Concerning the corn of assarts. It is written in the same manner to Henry Pippard, William de Dandely, Bartholomew son of William and Roger Gernon, who have been assigned to do such a thing in Oxfordshire.

Concerning the corn of assarts. It is written to the sheriff of Wiltshire in the same manner to cause four law-worthy knights ¹ in his county to be elected to do the same.

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For Gregory of Oxted. The king has granted to Gregory of Oxted that he is to pay 5 m. per annum, namely 2½ m. at Michaelmas in the thirtieth year and 2½ m. at Easter next following, of the 20 m. at which he was amerced before the itinerant justices of forest pleas for trespass of the forest, and 5 m. thus from year to year at the same terms until the aforesaid 20 m. are paid to the king. Order to the barons of the Exchequer that, having accepted security from him for paying the aforesaid money to the king at the aforesaid terms, they are to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

[No date]. For Warin de Munchesney. Warin de Munchesney gives one palfrey worth 5 m. for having before the king (coram Rege) the plea that was before the justices of the Bench between the same and his men of Shrivenham.

[No date]. For William de Hoyvill’. William de Hoyvill’ has the same writ in all things as Gregory of Oxted had almost adjacent to this.

For Richard de Gray. The king has taken the homage of Richard de Gray, son and heir of Isolda de Gray, for all the lands and tenements which the same I. held of the king in chief and which fall to the same R. by hereditary right. Order to the sheriff of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire to cause Richard to have full seisin of all the lands and tenements of which Isolda was seised on the day she died.

For Richard de Gray. It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Kent, and the same Richard will answer to the king for £28 10s. for his relief.

For the bishops of Salisbury and Winchester and the prior of Winchester. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to place in respite, until three weeks from Michaelmas in the thirtieth year, the demands which they make from R. bishop of Salisbury by summons of the Exchequer from which he claims quittance by his charters.

For the bishops of Salisbury and Winchester and the prior of Winchester. It is written to the same in the same manner for the bishop of Winchester and the prior of St. Swithun’s, Winchester.

[No date]. Berkshire. William de la Grave and Isolda, his mother, give 20s. for having an assize of novel disseisin before the king (coram Rege). Order to the sheriff of Berkshire etc.

[No date]. Wiltshire. Walter son of Walter gives half a mark for having a pone [to remove a plea] from the county court of Wiltshire to [the justices of the Bench at] Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Wiltshire etc.

13 July. Sandleford. For Ralph Basset. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to place in respite, until the quindene of Michaelmas in the thirtieth year, the demand which they make by summons of the Exchequer from Ralph Basset for the arrears of the county of Lincolnshire from the time when he was sheriff of the same county.

For the prior of Llanthony Secunda. Order to the justices assigned to the custody of the Jews not to cause the prior of Llanthony Secunda to be distrained for a Jewish debt that John of Matson owed to them by the land which the same John sold to the same prior in Matson, for as long as Phillip, son and heir of the same John, to whom John demised the remainder of his land that he had in Matson, will pay.

15 July. Brightwell Baldwin. For Peter Branch. The king has betaken himself to Peter Branch for the £24 which Ralph de Hodeng owes to the king, and the king has granted to the same Peter that he is to render a moiety at Michaelmas in the thirtieth year of the same £24 and a moiety at Michaelmas next following. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause him to have the aforesaid terms and to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

For Ernald de Munteny. The king has granted to Ernald de Munteny that he is to pay a moiety at Michaelmas in the thirtieth year and a moiety etc., as above of the 15 m. which he owes to the king.

[No date]. Yorkshire. Robert Crossbowman of West Witton gives 1 m. for having a writ of attaint. Order to the sheriff of Yorkshire etc.

[No date]. Lincolnshire. Geoffrey of Benniworth gives 20s. for having a precipe [to remove a plea] from the county court of Lincolnshire to [the justices of the Bench at] Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire etc.

18 July. Oxford. For Thomas [sic], son of Phillip Denebaud, and his brother. Order to the steward of Netherwent to cause Matthew, son of Phillip Denebaud, to have such seisin of the land formerly of the same Phillip in Portskewett as he had thereof when the king ordered it to be taken into his hand by reason of the death of the same Phillip. As the king understands by an inquisition which he ordered to be taken, Phillip had given the land to Matthew and had placed him in seisin of the same at the time when he was able to give or to sell the same land to whomsoever he wished, saving right to Phillip, son and heir of William Denebaud, first-born son of the aforesaid Phillip. ¹ Order to the same steward to take security for 20 m. to the king’s use for this writ.

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[No date]. For Thomas [sic], son of Phillip Denebaud, and his brother. It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Somerset concerning all the land formerly of Phillip Denebaud in Hinton St. George and which the same Phillip gave to Hamo, his son, after his birth, and the same etc. as above. Order to the same sheriff to take security from the aforesaid Hamo for 40s. to the king’s use etc.

[No date]. Norfolk. Adam son of John and Florencia, his wife, give 1 m. for having an assize of novel disseisin before Roger of Thirkleby. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk etc.

[No date]. Dorset. Geoffrey de Mandeville gives 1 m. for having a precipe [to remove a plea] from the county court of Dorset to [the justices of the Bench at] Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Dorset etc.

20 July. Oxford. Oxfordshire. Rose de Rokele ¹ gives 1 m. for having an assize of novel disseisin before the king (coram Rege). Order to the sheriff of Oxfordshire etc.

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[No date]. Northamptonshire. Peter Foliot gives 20s. for having a precipe [to remove a plea] from the county court of Northamptonshire to [the justices of the Bench at] Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Northamptonshire etc.

21 July. Oxford. For William de Beauchamp. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to place in respite, until the quindene of Michaelmas in the thirtieth year, the demand which they make by summons of the Exchequer from William de Beauchamp of Worcester for the issues of the manor of Acton Beauchamp.

Concerning distraining the abbot of Evesham. Order to the sheriff of Worcestershire to distrain the abbot of Evesham by his lands and chattels to render to the king the 12 m. which he owes him for a charter that the king caused to be made for him and which he ought to have paid to the king at his first coming to the king after this charter had been drawn up. He recently withdrew from the king’s court (a curia Regis), this not having been paid.

[No date]. Lincolnshire. Thomas, son of Walter of Fleet, gives 100s. for having an assize of novel disseisin before H. of Bath. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire etc.

For the chapter of York. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to place in respite, until the quindene of Michaelmas in the thirtieth year, the demand which they make from the dean and canons of York concerning the chattels of fugitives and other things from which they claim quitance by charters of the king’s predecessors.

[No date]. Lincolnshire. Henry de Longchamp gives 1 m. for having an assize of novel disseisin before Henry of Bath. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire etc.

21 July. Oxford. For Walter of Bath. To the sheriff of Devon and Henry of Wingham, the king’s escheator in the aforesaid county. The king has granted to Walter of Bath, for the 300 m. by which he made fine with him, the custody of the land and heirs of Henry of Merton and the marriages of the aforesaid heirs, to have and to hold until the lawful age of the aforesaid heirs. The king has also granted to Walter that he is to render 50 m. to the king per annum for the aforesaid fine, namely 25 m. at Michaelmas in the thirtieth year and 25 m. at Easter next following, and 50 m. thus from year to year at the same terms until the aforesaid 300 m. are paid to the king. Order to cause Walter to have full seisin of the aforesaid custody and heirs of the same Henry, as aforesaid. ¹

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For Walter of Bath. He has letters patent for this.

For the earl of Gloucester. To the barons of the Exchequer. Order to place in respite, until Hilary in 15 days in the thirty-first year, the demand which they make from the king’s beloved and faithful R. de Clare, earl of Gloucester and Hertford, for all the debts which he owes to the king.

For Robert of Crepping. The king has granted to Robert of Crepping, for his service and for the £100 by which he has made fine with him, the custody of the land and heirs of Robert de Chauncy until the lawful age of the same heirs and the marriage of the same heirs, of which £100 he will render 20 m. per annum, namely 10 m. at Easter in the thirty-first year, 10 m. at Michaelmas in the following year, and 20 m. thus from year to year at the same terms until the aforesaid £100 are paid to the king. Order to the sheriff of Yorkshire to cause the same Robert to have full seisin of the aforesaid custody with appurtenances.

For Robert of Crepping. For that custody the king will be quit beyond Michaelmas ¹ from the 50 m. which the same Robert was accustomed to take at the Exchequer per annum for his service.

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Concerning holding castles and lands in the king’s hand. Order to Robert Walerand that, notwithstanding the command that the king made to him for delivering the lands and castles formerly of W. Marshal, sometime earl of Pembroke, to the heirs of the same earl, he is to retain in the king’s hand the castle of Haverfordwest and 65 librates, 16 solidates and eight denariates of land in Haverford, which have been assigned and pertain to the share of she who was the wife of D. ap L., ¹ formerly prince of North Wales, one of the heirs of the abovesaid earl, to the king’s use and to keep them safely until he has an order from the king otherwise.

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Concerning holding castles and lands in the king’s hand. It is written in the same manner to Waleran Teutonicus for retaining in the king’s hand 25 librates and 19 denariates of land in Caerleon and Glamorgan and 25 librates and nine denariates of land in one or another of those manors and suitable compensation for two messuages to the use of two of the daughters of William de Ferrers ¹ who are in the king’s wardship, which have been assigned and pertain to the portion of she who was the wife of the aforesaid Dafydd.

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23 July. Faringdon. The king has pardoned to Roger de Mohaut 100 m. of the £100 which he owed him for the farm of the king’s mills of Chester, and the king has granted him that he is to render a moiety of the remaining 50 m. at Easter in the thirty-first year and a moiety at Michaelmas next following. Order to John de Gray, justice of Chester, to cause him to be quit from the aforesaid 100 m. and to have the aforesaid terms for the remaining 50 m.

25 July. Marlborough. For Engeram de Préaux. The king has granted Engeram de Préaux that he is pay 6 m. at Michaelmas in the thirtieth year and 6 m. at Easter next following of the 12 m. at which he was amerced before the justices taking the pleas of the forest for a trespass of the forest. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause him to have those terms.

Concerning a pardon. The king has pardoned to the prior of Upavon 3 m. of the 5 m. which he promised him towards marrying his first-born daughter. Order to the sheriff of Wiltshire that, having received 2 m. from the same prior, he is to permit him to be quit from the aforesaid 3 m.

For Guy of Hatfield. The king has granted to Brother Walter of Hatfield that he is to render 100s. per annum, namely 50s. at Michaelmas in the thirtieth year and 50s. at Easter next following, for the 70 m. that Guy of Hatfield, his brother, owed to the king, and 100s. thus from year to year at the same terms until the aforesaid 70 m. are paid to the king. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause him to have the aforesaid terms.

[No date]. Essex. Richard of Brantham gives 40s. for having an assize of novel disseisin before Roger of Thirkleby. Order to the sheriff of Essex etc.

26 July. Marlborough. Concerning holding corn and oats in the king’s hand. Order to John de Scruteville, sergeant of Melbourne, to cause all tithes, both sheaves of corn and other obventions belonging to the church of Melbourne, to be collected and kept safely to the king’s use in the king’s hand for as long as the bishopric of Carlisle shall be vacant, so that the bishop of Chester does not place his hand upon them, and if he wishes to put his hand to collecting those thing, he is to keep him back with lay force and not to permit those sent there on behalf of the bishop himself to interfere with them.

Concerning assessing tallage. Order to John le Poer and Henry le Breton to cause the men holding of the king’s free chapel of Stafford to be tallaged by themselves and without others, and they are to signify the king how much that tallage will be.

For the men of Mansfield. Because the men of the soke of Mansfield have shown to the king that in the extent which John Gubaud and Henry le Breton lately made, there were extended 10 m. each year upon them in tallage of that soke, order to Robert of Crepping to cause the same men to have respite from the tallage lately assessed upon that soke until the quindene of Michaelmas in the thirtieth year, so that it may be discussed then whether they ought to be quit from the aforesaid 10 m. or not.

For the men of Bolsover. Order to Robert of Crepping to place in respite, until the quindene of Michaelmas in the thirtieth year, that which the men of Bolsover do not suffice to render to the king without great and intolerable oppression for the extent at which the same manor was extended by John Gubaud and Henry le Breton.

For John le Moyne and his wife. The king has granted John le Moyne and Isabella, his wife, who is one of the heirs of Eustace de Fercles, that they are to render a moiety of the debts which the same Eustace owed to the king at the same terms at which Eustace was accustomed to render them, and their parceners are to answer the king for the other moiety. Order to the barons of the Exchequer that, notwithstanding that they have not observed their terms, they are to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

29 July. Marlborough. For Hugh of Horton. Hugh, son and heir of Robert of Horton, has performed fealty to the king for three parts of a knight’s fee which the same Robert held in Horton of J., formerly earl of Lincoln, whose heir is in the king’s custody. Order to the keeper of the honour of Pontefract that, having accepted security from Hugh for rendering 2½ m. to the king for his relief, he is to cause him to have full seisin of the aforesaid third part of the knight’s fee.

Marlborough. Concerning lands that are to be taken into the king’s hand. Order to the sheriff of Yorkshire to take into the king’s hand all the lands that W. des Forz, count of Aumale, held of the inheritance of Dervorguilla, formerly his wife [sic], and to keep them safely until he has an order from the king otherwise.

Concerning lands that are to be taken into the king’s hand. It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Northamptonshire.

1 Aug. Marlborough. For John, son of Geoffrey Crossbowman. The king has taken the homage of John, son and heir of Geoffrey Crossbowman, for all the lands and tenements which Geoffrey held of the king in chief. Order to the sheriff of Lancaster that, having accepted security from John for rendering £7 to the king for his relief, he is to cause him to have full seisin of all the lands and tenements of which Geoffrey was seised as of fee on the day he died.

[No date]. Yorkshire. Roger de Brus of Yorkshire gives 10 m. for having the king’s licence that he might take to wife she who was the wife of Walter of Tatham.

[No date]. Cambridgeshire. Isabella de Scalariis gives half a mark for having a precipe [to remove a plea] from the county court of Cambridgeshire to [the justices of the Bench at] Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Cambridgeshire etc.

[No date]. Cambridgeshire. Herbert Almer gives 20s. for having an assize of novel disseisin before Jeremy of Caxton. Order to the sheriff of Cambridgeshire etc. ¹

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[No date]. Kent. Margaret de Spina gives half a mark for having a precipe [to remove a plea] from the county court of Kent to [the justices of the Bench at] Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Kent etc.

[No date]. Lincolnshire. Geoffrey, son of William Belmund, gives 40s. for having a pone [to remove a plea] from the county court of Lincolnshire to [the justices of the Bench at] Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire etc.

15 Aug. Wallingford. For Walter de Pavilly. The king has granted to Walter de Pavilly that he is to render 5 m. at Michaelmas in the thirtieth year and 5 m. at Easter next following for the 50 m. at which he was amerced before the justices who were last itinerant taking the pleas of the forest in Wiltshire for a trespass of the forest, and 10 m. thus from year to year at the same terms until the aforesaid 50 m. are paid to the king. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause him to have the aforesaid terms.

[No date]. For Henry de Picquigny. The king has granted Henry de Picquigny that, of the 100 m. at which was amerced for a trespass of the forest, he is to render etc. as above.

Concerning a pardon. The king has pardoned to Nicholas of Haversham 10 m. of the 30 m. at which he was amerced in the county court of Wiltshire for a trespass of the forest. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause him to be quit from the aforesaid 10 m.

[No date]. Warwickshire. William de la Legh’ gives 20s. for having a pone [to remove a plea] from the county court of Warwickshire to [the justices of the Bench at] Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Warwickshire etc.

17 Aug. Woodstock. For Hugh de Cressy. The king has taken the homage of Hugh, son and heir of Roger de Cressy, for all the lands and tenements which Roger held of the king in chief. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk that, having accepted security from Hugh for rendering £100 to the king for his relief, ¹ he is to cause him to have full seisin of all the aforesaid lands and tenements of which Roger was seised as of fee on the day he died.

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20 Aug. Woodstock. For Henry of Newburgh. The king has taken the homage of Henry, son and heir of Robert of Newburgh, for all the lands and tenements which Robert held of the king in chief. Order to Henry of Wingham and his co-escheators in Somerset and Dorset that, having accepted security from Henry for rendering £50 to the king for his relief, they are to cause him to have full seisin of all the lands and tenements of which Robert was seised as of fee on the day he died and which fall to Henry by hereditary right in the aforesaid counties.

[No date]. Bedfordshire. Reginald of Hoo gives 1 m. for having a precipe [to remove a plea] from the county court of Bedfordshire to [the justices of the Bench at] Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Bedfordshire etc.

[No date]. Hampshire. John de Walton gives 1 m. for having a precipe [to remove a plea] from the county court of Hampshire to [the justices of the Bench at] Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Hampshire etc.

For the men of Rowde. Order to the sheriff of Wiltshire that, having accepted security from the men of Rowde that they will render to the king the 6 m. which they owe him for their tallage, he is not to distrain them for this 6 m. until the same feast [sic].

Concerning men who are to be removed. Order to the sheriff of Northumberland to remove the men of the bishop of Durham from all the churches in his county annexed to the bishopric of Carlisle which have been constituted in the diocese of Durham, for as long as the bishopric of Carlisle will be vacant and in the king’s hand, and to permit the fruits of the same churches to be collected by the hand of the keeper of the same bishopric, who is commanded to collect them and to cause them to be kept safely, deducting reasonable expenses, until it is discussed whether they ought to pertain to the king or to another.

Concerning men who are to be removed. It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Cumberland to collect the fruits of the church of Penrith, from which he is to remove the men of the prior of Carlisle.

[No date]. Worcestershire. John d’Abbetot gives 20s. for having an assize of novel disseisin before Gilbert of Preston. Order to the sheriff of Worcestershire etc.

21 Aug. Woodstock. Concerning the Jewry. Because Samuel son of Leo, Jew of York, has not yet paid the £215 which he ought to have paid at the Exchequer of Easter, order to the sheriff of Yorkshire to cause the aforesaid £215 to be levied without any delay from the chattels and debts of the same Samuel in his bailiwick, and particularly from the better and clearer debts of the same Samuel, so that, in order to levy them most fully, he may remit interest and usury to the Christian debtors of the same Samuel whether in the most part [of their debts] or the whole amount, in order that the aforesaid £215 are rendered to the king by the hand of the same sheriff at the latest before the Nativity of the Blessed Mary.

[No date]. Norfolk. Rose de Lacy gives for having a precipe [to remove a plea] from the county court of Norfolk to [the justices of the Bench at] Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk etc.

For the executors of the testament of John de Reingny. Order to Henry of Wingham and his co-escheator in Somerset and Dorset ¹ to permit the executors of the testament of John de Reingny to have free administration of all the goods and chattels formerly his in their bailiwicks towards making execution of his testament, having accepted security from them that they will first satisfy the king for debts, if any, that he owed to the king from the aforesaid goods and chattels.

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23 Aug. Woodstock. For the men of Claverley. Order to the sheriff of Shropshire to place in respite, until Michaelmas in the thirtieth year, the demand which he makes from the men of the king’s vill of Claverley by summons of the Exchequer for the farm of the same vill, which they are not bound to render, as they say, having accepted security from them that they will render that farm at the Exchequer then unless they are then able to show that they ought to be quit of that farm.

Oxfordshire. Matthew of Wootton gives one mark for taking before the king (coram Rege) at Woodstock on Monday next after St. Bartholomew the Apostle the assize of novel disseisin which the same Matthew had arraigned before the justices next itinerant in Oxfordshire against William Hay and William de Buxton, concerning a tenement in Hetha.

25 Aug. Woodstock. Concerning a pardon. The king has pardoned to the abbot of Sallay 10 m. of the 20 m. at which he was amerced before the justices last itinerant in Yorkshire for receiving an individual accused of larceny, and he has granted him that he is to pay 5 m. of the remaining 10 m. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the thirtieth year and 5 m. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas next following. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause him to be quit from 10 m. and to have the aforesaid terms for the remaining 10 m.

Concerning a pardon. It is written in the same manner for him to the sheriff of Yorkshire.

Lincolnshire. The prior of Wroxton gives 20s. to the king for taking before Jollan de Neville, at the time and place which he shall provide for it, the assize of novel disseisin which he has arraigned against John Picot and others, ¹ concerning a tenement in Syston in Lincolnshire.

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27 Aug. Woodstock. For Herbert de Neville. Because it is clear to the king that John de Neville in his lifetime bequeathed to Herbert de Neville the custody of the land and heirs of William de Neville, which was in the hand of the same John, to have and to hold until the lawful age of the same heirs together with their marriage, order to Henry of Wingham and his co-escheator in Surrey to cause Herbert to have full seisin of the custody of the aforesaid land and heirs with all chattels and profits found in the aforesaid land when they caused it to be taken into the king’s hand.

For Mabel Revel. Because the king has learnt by an inquisition which he caused to be taken by the sheriff of Gloucestershire that the manor of Charlton Kings, which Walter of Ashley had of the gift of H., formerly king of England, the king’s grandfather, was never afterwards accustomed to be tallaged when the king’s predecessors, kings of England, and the king caused their demesne lands to be tallaged, order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause Mabel Revel, heir of the same Walter, and her men of Charlton Kings to be quit from the tallage that the assessors of tallage in the king’s demesne lands recently assessed upon that manor. ¹ Order, also, to the sheriff of Gloucestershire to permit the same Mabel and her men of Charlton Kings to have peace from that tallage. ²

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For Mabel Revel. Order to the sheriff of Somerset to place in respite, until 15 days from Michaelmas in the thirtieth year, the demand which he makes from Mabel Revel for the relief of a barony of the lands formerly of Walter of Ashley, her brother. ¹

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Concerning a pardon. At the instance of John Gaytani, called Cardinal Deacon, the king has pardoned to the bailiff ¹ and men of the same Cardinal Deacon of Fridaythorpe and Goodmanham the amercement at which they were amerced before the justices last itinerant in Yorkshire. Order to the sheriff of Yorkshire not to distrain the same bailiff and men for that amercement. ²

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28 Aug. Woodstock. For John de Courtenay. John de Courtenay has made fine with the king by 2500 m. for having the custody of the land formerly of John de Neville, which is in the king’s hand, until the lawful age of the heirs of the same John together with the marriage of the same, of which he will pay £100 to the king at the Exchequer on the morrow of All Souls, £100 in the octaves of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist in the thirtieth year, £100 at Michaelmas in the same year, £100 at Easter in the thirty-second year, and £200 thus from year to year at Michaelmas and Easter until the aforesaid 2500 m. have been paid to the king. Order to Henry of Wingham, the king’s escheator, that, having accepted good security from the same John for paying the same 2500 m. to the king at the aforesaid terms, he is to cause the same John de Courtenay to have full seisin of all the lands with appurtenances and of the castle of Stogursey ¹ formerly of the aforesaid John de Neville, which were in the king’s hand, as aforesaid. ²

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For John Lestrange. The king has deferred the day which the barons of the Exchequer assigned to John Lestrange on the morrow of Michaelmas for the allowance of his account until the quindene of Michaelmas, because the same John has to attend to the king’s business in the Marches by the king’s order. Order to the same barons not to penalize him for this reason. ¹

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For the abbot of Thame. The king has granted to the abbot of Thame that he is to render £10 at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the thirtieth year, £10 at the Exchequer of Easter next following, and £10 at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the thirty-first year of the £30 that he owes him of the fine of £100 which he made with him for the debts in which he was bound to David, formerly a Jew of Oxford. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause him to have the aforesaid terms. ¹

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Concerning a pardon. The king has pardoned to his men of Shrewsbury 20 m. of a tallage of 60 m. assessed upon them. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause the same to be quit from those 20 m. ¹

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30 Aug. Woodstock. For Peter de Hotot. Order to the sheriff of Sussex to place in respite, until one month from Michaelmas in the thirtieth year, the demand that he makes from Peter de Hotot by summons of the Exchequer for the £34 that he owes to the king. ¹

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[No date]. For Hugh de Vivonne. Hugh de Vivonne gives 20 m. for the marriage of Andrew, son and heir of Ralph de Soligny, of which he will pay a moiety at the Close of Easter ¹ in the thirty-first year and a moiety at Michaelmas in the same year. ²

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For Jews. Order to the constable of the Tower of London to hand over Floria mother of Jacob and Belia, wife of the same Jacob, taken and detained in the prison of the Tower of London for clipping coins, on bail to twelve Jews ¹ until the quindene of Michaelmas, having accepted security from them for rendering 50 m. of gold to the king for their delivery. ²

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[No date]. Afterwards, the aforesaid Floria was handed over on bail to Abraham of Berkhamsted and Jacob son of Floria, and the aforesaid Belia to Abraham, son of Abraham of Berkhamsted, Aaron son of Leo and Mosse son of Belia until three weeks from Michaelmas. ¹

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For Ralph de Aulnay. The king has taken the homage of Ralph, son and heir of Matilda de Aulnay, for half a knight’s fee which Matilda held of the king in chief in Eastbury. Order to the sheriff of Berkshire that, having accepted security from Ralph for rendering 50s. to the king for his relief, he is to cause him to have seisin of the aforesaid half a knight’s fee. ¹

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For Gruffydd ap Gwenwynwyn. Order to the barons of the Exchequer that if by the inquisition which they caused to be taken, it is is clear to them that the land of Gruffydd ap Gwenwynwyn of Ashford did not use to be tallaged in the time of his father or in his own time when the king’s demesne lands were tallaged, then they are to cause Gruffydd to be quit from the £10 which are exacted from him for his aforesaid land in the name of tallage. ¹

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For Gruffydd ap Gwenwynwyn. Order to the sheriff of Derbyshire to place in respite the demand for those £10 until he has rendered his account at the Exchequer.

[No date]. Leicestershire. Robert, parson of the church of Newbold Verdon, gives 1 m. for having a precipe [to remove a plea] from the county court of Leicestershire to [the justices of the Bench at] Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Leicestershire etc.

2 Sept. Woodstock. For Drogo de Barentin. Order to the sheriff of Oxfordshire to place in respite, until the quindene of Michaelmas, the demand that he makes from Drogo de Barentin for the farms of the islands of Guernsey, Jersey and Guernsey [sic] and to cause his livestock, taken for this reason, to be delivered.

For the men of Geddington and other demesne lands of the king. Order to the sheriff of Northamptonshire to cause the livestock of the king’s men of Geddington, Brigstock, King’s Cliffe and Apethorpe, which he seized for the tallage assessed upon them to the king’s use, to be delivered without delay, having taken security from them for rendering the aforesaid tallage to the king at Michaelmas.

4 Sept. Woodstock. For the abbot of Chertsey. Order to the sheriff of Surrey that if the abbot of Chertsey has caused a wardrobe to be made for the queen’s chamber in his house, towards the making of which the king assigned the 40 m. at which the same abbot was amerced before the king’s justices for trespass of the forest, he is to place in respite the demand that he makes from the same abbot by summons of the Exchequer for the aforesaid 40 m. even though the same Wardrobe cost less.

[No date]. Buckinghamshire. Stephen de Mineriis and Matilda, his wife, give 40s. for having an assize of novel disseisin before Gilbert of Preston. Order to the sheriff of Buckinghamshire etc.

7 Sept. Woodstock. For Master L. de St. Martin. The king has granted to Master Laurence de St. Martin that, for the debts which he is bound to render to Benedict Crispin, Jew and Aaron, his son, and to Aaron son of Abraham and Abraham, his son, for Walter fitz Robert from the manor of Little Horkesley, concerning which the king had previously granted him that he was to render £10 per annum by the charters of the same Walter and Laurence drawn up between them and the Jews in respect thereof, he is henceforth to render 5 m. per annum at the same terms ¹ at which he ought to have rendered the aforesaid £10 until the aforesaid debts are paid to them, as in contained in the aforesaid charters. Order to the justices assigned to the custody of the Jews to cause the aforesaid charters and all other charters if they should touch the aforesaid debts to be changed and renewed thus, to cause him to have the aforesaid terms and to cause this to be enrolled thus.

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18 Aug. Woodstock. Henry, by the grace of God, king of England, lord of Ireland, duke of Normandy and Aquitaine and count of Anjou, to the barons of his Exchequer, greetings. Know that we have granted to our beloved sister E. countess of Pembroke and Leicester that she is to be quit for her entire life from the £30 which she was accutomed to pay to us annually at our Exchequer for the fee farm of the manors of Wexcombe and Bedwyn, ¹ which she holds in dower of the lands formerly of W. Marshal, once her husband. Order therefore to make no distraint for that farm ² or for the arrears of that farm. ³

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[No date]. Hampshire. The men of Swanwick give 5 m. for having a writ against the prior of Titchfield relating to the county of Hampshire at Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Hampshire etc.

11 Sept. Brill. For Alice de Montpinçon. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk to place in respite, until the quindene of Michaelmas, the demand which he makes from Alice de Montpinçon by summons of the Exchequer for £10 15s. of the debt of William Talbot, formerly her husband, for five tuns of wine bought out of the king’s wines.

For Warin fitz Gerold. The king has given respite to Warin fitz Gerold, until the morrow of Michaelmas in the thirtieth year, from the 7 m. which are exacted from him by summons of the Exchequer for the debts of Henry, his father. Order to the sheriff of Berkshire to permit him to have that respite.

11 Sept. Brill. For William son of Hamo. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has granted to his beloved and faithful William son of Hamo that he is to pay 10 m. per annum, namely 5 m. at Easter in the thirty-first year, 5 m. at Michaelmas in the same year, and 10 m. thus from year to year at the same terms until 100 m. have been fully paid to the king, for the 100 m. at which he was amerced before the king’s beloved and faithful R. Passelewe and his associates, justices of forest pleas, concerning which the king had granted to him that he was to pay 20 m. to him per annum and of which 20 m. to be paid in the first year he paid 10 m. at Easter in the thirtieth year and he will pay the remaining 10 m. at Michaelmas in the same year. Order to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

For Phillip le Bret. The king has granted to Phillip le Bret that he is to render 5 m. at Michaelmas each year for the 20 m. by which he made fine with him for the custody of two thirds of the land formerly of William son of Aer, until the aforesaid 20 m. are paid, the first term of the aforesaid payment beginning at Michaelmas in the thirtieth year. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause him to have the aforesaid terms.

For J. de Plessetis and Drogo de Barentin. Order to the sheriff of Oxfordshire to place in respite, until the quindene of Michaelmas in the thirtieth year, the demand for 10½ m. which he makes by summons of the Exchequer from John de Plessetis and Drogo de Barentin for the manor of Chalgrove.

Concerning oaks that have been given. Order to the constable of Devizes to cause the abbot of Stanley to have two oaks in the forest of Chippenham and two oaks in the forest of Melksham of the king’s gift towards making stalls for his church. ¹

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For Jews. To the justices assigned to the custody of the Jews. On account of the grant that the king has made to Master L. de St. Martin concerning the debts which he is bound to render to Benedict Crispin, Jew and Aaron, his son, and to Aaron son of Abraham and Abraham, his son, Jews of London, for Walter fitz Robert from the manor of Little Horkesley, of which he previously ought to have rendered £10 per annum, he is henceforth to render 5 m. to them per annum. The king has granted to the same Jews that whenever he causes tallage to be assessed upon the Jews during that term, neither they nor their heirs are to be tallaged ¹ for the same debts except according to the 5 m. annually that they [the justices] received for them from the same Laurence. Order to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

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13 Sept. Missenden. For Master Simon of Walton. The king has committed the manor of Feckenham with appurtenances to Master Simon of Walton to hold in the same manner and by the same farm at which the king had demised it to the men of the same vill. Order to the sheriff of Worcestershire to cause the same Master to have seisin of the aforesaid manor with appurtenances.

For Gilbert of Seagrave. The king has granted to Gilbert of Seagrave and Amabilia, his wife, daughter and heiress of Robert of Chalcombe that, for the debts that Robert owed to the king, for which he made fine with him to render 10 m. per annum at the Exchequer, he is henceforth to render £10 each year at the same terms at which Robert was accustomed to render them. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

For Margaret de Redvers. Order to the sheriff of Hertfordshire to place in respite, until upon his account, the demand for several debts which he makes by summons of the Exchequer ¹ from Margaret de Redvers.

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For John de Burgh. The king has granted to John de Burgh that he is to render 5 m. each year at Michaelmas of the 20 m. at which he was amerced for taking a deer in the forest of Inglewood, until they are rendered. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause him to have those terms.

[No date]. Oxforshire. Adam de [sic] Gay gives 1 m. for having a writ against the abbot of Osney relating to the county of Oxfordshire at Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Oxfordshire etc.

16 Sept. Windsor. For Peter de Scotney. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire to distrain all those of his bailiwick who held of Thomas de Scotney, father of Peter de Scotney, whose heir he is, by knight service, from whom the same Thomas had not received scutage before his death for the knights’ fees that they held from him for the army of Deganwy, to render that scutage to the same sheriff to be paid at the Exchequer in part payment of the debts in which Thomas was bound to the king.

For Hugh de Cressy. The king has given respite to Hugh de Cressy, until the quindene of Michaelmas in the thirtieth year, from the £100 which are exacted from him for his relief, so that it may be inquired then whether he owes relief to the king for an entire barony or not. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to permit him to have this respite.

[No date]. Norfolk. Hugh de Cressy gives 5 m. for having a precipe [to remove a plea] from the county court of Norfolk to [the justices of the Bench at] Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk etc.

[No date]. Norfolk. William Thurstan gives 1 m. for having a writ relating to the county of Norfolk against certain burgesses of Norwich at Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk etc.

The king has granted to Patrick de Chaworth that he is to render those £12 10s. that he ought to have rendered to him at Michaelmas in the thirtieth year of the fine of £50 which he made with him for having his land before he had come of full age, at Easter next following. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause him to have that respite.

19 Sept. Windsor. Sussex. Order to the sheriff of Sussex to place in respite, until the octaves of Michaelmas in the thirtieth year, the demand which he makes by summons of the Exchequer from Peter de Geneva for the aid granted to the king towards marrying his first-born daughter from the lands formerly of Richard de Cahaignes that are in his custody.

Devon. Benedict del Port, who has been taken and detained in the king’s prison of Exeter for the death of Daniel of Ireland, of which he is accused, is handed over on bail by letters directed to the sheriff of Devon because he is accused of that death out of malice and hatred etc. Order to the sheriff of Devon to take 3 m. from the same Benedict for his delivery. ¹

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For John Deyncourt. The king has taken the homage of John, son and heir of Oliver Deyncourt, for all the lands and tenements which Oliver held of the king in chief and which fall to him by hereditary right. Order to Henry of Wingham that, having accepted security from John for £100 to the king’s use for his relief, he is to cause him to have seisin of all the lands and tenements of which Oliver was seised in demesne as of fee on the day he died in Lincolnshire.

For John Deyncourt. It is written in the same manner to Robert of Crepping concerning the lands formerly of the same Oliver in Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire, making no mention of that relief.

For Geoffrey de Cruce. The king has granted to Geoffrey de Cruce that he is to render 6 m. at All Saints in the thirty-first year, 6 m. at the Exchequer of Easter in the same year and 6 m. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas next following of the 18 m. at which he was amerced before the itinerant justices of forest pleas in Surrey. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause him to have those terms.

Herefordshire. Order to the sheriff of Herefordshire to place in respite, until the quindene of Michaelmas, the distraint for 25 m. which he makes upon the lands formerly of Robert Archer in his bailiwick, the custody of which the king has granted to Sibyl Gifford, and he is to signify the king without delay for which reason he shall distrain her for the aforesaid 25 m.

[No date]. Kent. Robert of Suffolk gives 1 m. for having a writ relating to the county of Kent against John Reinger at Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Kent etc.

23 Sept. Windsor. For William of Edmundsthorpe. The king has granted to William of Edmundsthorpe, by letters directed to the barons of the Exchequer, that he is to render 10s. at the Exchequer on the morrow of All Souls in the thirty-first year and 10s. at Easter next following of the 20s. that he owes him and that are exacted from him by summons of the Exchequer. ¹

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[No date]. For William of Edmundsthorpe [sic]. Essex. William son of Richard gives 2 m. for having a precipe [to remove a plea] from the county court of Essex to [the justices of the Bench at] Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Essex etc.

26 Sept. Windsor. For the men of Southampton. The king has granted to the men of Southampton that they are to render 50 m. on the morrow of All Souls in the thirtieth [sic] year, 50 m. on the morrow of Hilary in the same year and 50 m. on the morrow of the Close of Easter next following of the £100 that they owe him of their tallage of 300 m. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause them to have those terms.

For Engeram de Préaux. The king has granted to Engeram de Préaux that he is to pay a moiety at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the thirtieth year and a moiety at Easter next following of the 12 m. that he owes him and of the debts of his father and the debts of William Brewer. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause him to have those terms.

[No date]. Buckinghamshire. John, son of John of Hanslope, gives 20s. for having a precipe [to remove a plea] from the county court of Buckinghamshire to [the justices of the Bench at] Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Buckinghamshire etc.

2 Oct. Windsor. For the lepers of Carlisle. Order to the sheriff of Cumberland that if the lepers of Carlisle have sufficient warrant for the three acres of land which he took into the king’s hand by reason of an inquisition that he caused to be taken concerning alienated lands, and [if] they have shown the same warrant to him, then he is to permit them to possess the aforesaid three acres of land peacefully, just as they previously held them; however, if they did not have had sufficient warrant, then he is to permit them to hold the aforesaid three acres of land from the king by an annual rent of 3s.

For Stephen of Hampton. The king has taken the homage of Stephen, son and heir of William of Hampton, for a knight’s fee which William held of the king in chief in Hampton Poyle in Oxfordshire and East Wellow in Hampshire. Order to Henry of Wingham and his co-escheator in Oxfordshire that, having taken security from Stephen for rendering his relief to the king, they are to cause him to have seisin of the aforesaid land.

3 Oct. Windsor. Concerning lands that are to be taken into the king’s hand. Order to the sheriff of Gloucestershire to take into the king’s hand the manors of Down Ampney and Pinnock, which Godfrey of Crowcombe gave to the king, and to keep them safely until he has an order from the king otherwise.

Concerning lands that are to be taken into the king’s hand. It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Warwickshire, concerning the manor of Atherstone-on-Stour, to the sheriff of Oxfordshire concerning the manor of Piddington, ¹ [and] to the sheriff of Somerset concerning the manors of Pitney and Wearne.

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For Thomas Grelley. The king has given respite to Thomas Grelley, until the morrow of Hilary in the thirty-first year, from the 37½ m. that he owes him for the Jewry, of which he ought to have paid 100s. at Easter last past. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause him to have that respite, notwithstanding that he did not pay the aforesaid 100s. to the king at the same term of Easter.

7 Oct. Kempton. Concerning respite of debts. The king has given respite to Thomas Cook and Henry Curtechance, until the quindene of Easter in the thirtieth year [sic], from the 10 m. which are exacted from them by summons of the Exchequer for a certain fine. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire to permit them to have that respite.

[No date]. Suffolk. Hamo, son of Hamo Cheure, gives 20s. for having a writ against the prior of Stoke by Clare and others relating to the county of Suffolk at Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Suffolk etc.

10 Oct. Westminster. Concerning lands that are to be taken into the king’s hand. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk that, having taken an inquisition into who were those with Richard of Gosbeck who by night abducted (rapuerunt) she who was the wife of William le Breton, he is to keep the bodies of all those who abducted her in the king’s prison until he has an order from the king otherwise. He is also to take into the king’s hand all lands and chattels formerly of the aforesaid Richard and of she who was the wife of the aforesaid William and the lands of all those who were present at that abduction, and he is to keep them safely until he has an order from the king otherwise.

[No date]. Kent. Simon son of Adam gives 1 m. for having a pone [to remove a plea] from the county court of Kent to [the justices of the Bench at] Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Kent etc.

11 Oct. Westminster. For Hugh de Butyun. The king has granted to Hugh de Butyun that he is to render 40s. each year, namely 20s. in the quindene of Easter and 20s. in the quindene of Michaelmas, the first term of the aforesaid payment beginning at the quindene of Easter in the thirty-first year, for the £19 11s. 3d. that he owes him for Walter de Ros. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause him to have those terms.

For Robert of Tunstead. The king has given respite to Robert of Tunstead, until the morrow of the Close of Easter in the thirty-first year, from the 10 m. that he owes him of a fine of 100 m. that he made before the justices who last itinerated in Nottinghamshire for the death of a certain man. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause him to have that respite.

15 Oct. Westminster. Concerning a certain manor that is to be taken into the king’s hand. Order to Robert of Crepping to take into the king’s hand the manor of Trostormot, which ought to be in the king’s hand as his escheat of the lands of the Normans, and to keep it safely until he has an order from the king otherwise.

[No date]. Nottinghamshire. Robert of Handsacre and Alina, his wife, give 1 m. for having a pone [to remove a plea] from the county court of Nottinghamshire to [the justices in eyre at] Leicester. Order to the sheriff of Nottinghamshire etc.

[No date]. Staffordshire. William of Handsacre gives 1 m. for having a precipe [to remove a plea] from the county court of Staffordshire to [the justices of the Bench at] Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Staffordshire etc.

For Richard of Dover. The king has committed the manors of Wigmore, Knighton and Norton with appurtenances to Richard of Dover to hold for as long as it pleases the king for £150 10s. 4½d., at which the same manors have been extended, which are to be rendered per annum at the Exchequer, so that the king will cause to be allowed to him in the same extent his annual fee of 50 m. and that which he will reasonably spend on the custody of the castles formerly of the same Ralph [sic]. ¹ Order to Henry of Wingham, the king’s escheator, to cause him to have seisin of the same manors.

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For John de Balliol. The king has given respite to John de Balliol, until the morrow of Hilary in the thirty-first year, from the £100 which he owes him and which are exacted from him by summons of the Exchequer for a debt of John le Scot, formerly earl of Chester. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause him to have that respite.

17 Oct. Westminster. For William de Say. The king has granted to William de Say that, notwithstanding that he did not keep his terms at the Exchequer for the debts that he owes him, he may recover them at the same terms. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause him to have those terms.

For Ernald de Bosco. The king has taken the homage of Ernald de Bosco for half a knight’s fee with appurtenances in Assington that John de Beauchamp held of the king in chief and that falls by hereditary right to Joan, wife of the aforesaid Ernald, one of the heirs of the aforesaid John. Order to Henry of Wingham and his co-escheator in Surrey [sic] that, having accepted security from Ernald for 50s. for his relief, they are to cause him to have seisin of the aforesaid half a knight’s fee.

For Peter de Scotney. The king has taken the homage of Peter, son and heir of Thomas de Scotney, for all the lands and tenements that the same Thomas ¹ held in chief of the king in Lincolnshire. Order to Henry of Wingham, the king’s escheator, that, having accepted security from Peter for rendering his relief to the king, he is to cause him to have seisin of all the lands and tenements of which Thomas was seised as of fee on the day he died and which fall to him by inheritance.

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[No date]. Suffolk. Anestas’ de Sypeued’ gives 3 m. for having an assize of novel disseisin before Roger of Thirkleby. Order to the sheriff of Suffolk etc.

[No date]. Suffolk. Hervey Baret and Alice, his wife, give 1 m. for having a precipe [to remove a plea] from the county court of Sussex [sic] to [the justices of the Bench at] Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Suffolk etc.

[No date]. Sussex. William of Northeye gives 1 m. for having a pone [to remove a plea] from the county court of Sussex to [the justices of the Bench at] Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Sussex etc.

20 Oct. Westminster. For Jollan de Neville. The king has taken the homage of Jollan, son and heir of Jollan de Neville, for a knight’s fee that he held of the king in chief in Shorne. Order to Henry of Wingham and his co-escheators in Lincolnshire and Kent that, having accepted security from the aforesaid Jollan for 100s. to the king’s use for his relief, they are to cause him to have full seisin of the aforesaid fee.

For Jollan de Neville. Order, also, to the same Henry of Wingham and his co-escheator in Suffolk, because the king has taken the homage of the aforesaid Jollan, nephew and one of the heirs of John de Beauchamp, for half a knight’s fee that the aforesaid John held of the king in chief in Assington, that, having accepted security from him for 50s. to the king’s use for his relief, they are to cause the aforesaid Jollan to have full seisin of the same fee.

For Jollan de Neville. It is similarly ordered to the sheriffs of Nottinghamshire and Yorkshire for making over seisin to him of the lands formerly of the aforesaid Jollan in the aforesaid counties, making no mention of taking security.

Derbyshire. Richard, son of Henry de Curcun, gives the king 3 m. for a writ ad terminum. Order to the sheriff of Derbyshire to take security etc.

[No date]. Norfolk. Beatrice of Cley gives 20s. for having a writ relating to the county of Norfolk [removed] to Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk etc.

Northamptonshire. Robert de Guines gives 40 m. for having a writ of inquiry. Order to the sheriff of Northamptonshire etc.

Concerning a pardon. The king has pardoned to Alice, who was the wife of William Talbot, the £14 15s. 1d. which are exacted from her by summons of the Exchequer for the debts which the same William, formerly her husband, owed to the king. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause her to be quit from the aforesaid £14 15s. 1d.

[No date]. Concerning 50 m. that are to be rendered to the king. Memorandum that the heirs of the Earl Marshal ought to answer the king for 50 m. for the land of Pembroke, of which they are in seisin, for the dower of E. countess of Leicester for which the king pays £400.

20 Oct. Westminster. For the archdeacon of Buckingham. The king has granted to Matthew, archdeacon of Buckingham, that he is to render 10 m. per annum, namely 5 m. at the Exchequer of Easter in the thirty-first year and 5 m. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas next following, for the 100 m. at which he was amerced for a trespass of the forest before the justices who last itinerated to take the pleas of the forest in Buckinghamshire, and 10 m. thus from year to year at the same terms until the aforesaid 100 m. are paid to the king. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

For Mabel Revel. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has granted to Mabel Revel that she is to render £20 at Easter in the thirty-first year, £20 at the Exchequer of Michaelmas next following and £12 10s. at the Exchequer of Easter in the thirty-second year for the £52 10s. that she owes him for her relief. Order to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

[No date]. Lincolnshire. Richard of St. Edmunds gives 2 m. for having an assize of novel disseisin before Roger of Thirkleby. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire etc.

[No date]. For the abbot of Waltham. The abbot of Waltham gives 20s. for having confirmation of a charter of King Richard, and he will render a moiety at Easter in the thirty-first year and a moiety at Michaelmas next following.

For Walter of Clifford. The king has granted to Walter of Clifford that he is to render £10 per annum, namely 100s. at the Close of Easter in the thirty-first year and 100s. at Michaelmas in the same year, for the £100 at which he was amerced for a trespass of the forest, and £10 thus from year to year at the same terms until those £100 are paid to the king. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

For Robert Passelewe. Robert Passelewe has made fine with the king by 50 m. for having the custody of the land and heir of Thomas de la Haye. Order to Henry of Wingham to cause the same R. to have seisin of the aforesaid custody together with the aforesaid heir.

21 Oct. Westminster. For Walter de Goderville. The king has granted to Walter de Goderville that he is to render 5 m. on the morrow of the Close of Easter in the thirty-first year and 5 m. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas next following for the 60 m. at which he was amerced for several disseisins, and 10 m. thus from year to year at the same terms until the aforesaid 60 m. are paid to the king. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

For the bishops of Salisbury and Winchester. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to place in respite, until the morrow of the Purification of the Blessed Mary in the thirty-first year, the demand which they make by summons of the Exchequer from the bishop of Salisbury for several debts, from which he claims quittance by the king’s charters.

For the bishops of Salisbury and Winchester. The bishop of Winchester has a similar writ.

21 Oct. Westminster. For Richard de Boyville. The king has granted to Richard de Boyville that he is to pay 2½ m. at Easter in the thirty-first year, 2 m. [sic] at Michaelmas in the same year and 5 m. in the following year at the same terms, for the 10 m. at which he was amerced before the justices who last itinerated to take the pleas of the forest in Northamptonshire for a trespass of the same forest. Order to the barons of the Exchequer that, having accepted security from Richard for paying the aforesaid 10 m. to the king at the aforesaid terms, they are to cause him to have the aforesaid terms.

[No date]. Norfolk. Simon son of Simon gives 20s. for having a precipe [to remove a plea] from the county court of Norfolk to [the justices of the Bench at] Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk etc.

[No date]. Bedfordshire. Reginald of Hoo gives 1 m. for having an assize of novel disseisin before Gilbert of Preston. Order to the sheriff of Bedfordshire etc.

22 Oct. Westminster. For Godfrey de Scudamore. The king has granted to Godfrey de Scudamore that he is to render 10 m. per annum, namely 5 m. at Easter in the thirty-first year and 5 m. at Michaelmas in the same year, for the 50 m. at which he was amerced for a trespass of the forest, and 10 m. thus from year to year at the same terms until the aforesaid 50 m. have been paid to the king. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

For the executors of the testament of H. de Burgh. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to place in respite, until the morrow of St. Andrew in the thirty-first year, the demands which they make from the executors of the testament of the same Hubert and of Thomas, his brother.

[No date]. Nottinghamshire. Robert son of John gives half a mark for having a precipe [to remove a plea] from the county court of Nottinghamshire to [the justices in eyre at] Leicester. Order to the sheriff of Nottinghamshire etc. ¹

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Corrected from ‘Leicestershire’.

[No date]. Derbyshire. The same Robert gives another half a mark for having a precipe [to remove a plea] from the county court of Derbyshire to [the justices in eyre at] Leicester. Order to the sheriff of Derbyshire etc.

22 Oct. Westminster. For Godfrey of Liston. The king has committed the manors of Cookham and Bray to Godfrey of Liston to keep for as long as it pleases the king.

Norfolk. Thomas of Grimsby gives 1 m. for having a precipe [to remove a plea] from the county court of Norfolk to [the justices of the Bench at] Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk etc.

Concerning lands that are to be taken into the king’s hand. Order to the sheriff of Berkshire to take into the king’s hand all the lands formerly of Margaret, who was the wife of William le Breton, in his bailiwick and to keep them safely until he has an order from the king otherwise.

Concerning lands that are to be taken into the king’s hand. It is written in a similar manner to the sheriffs of Hertfordshire and Northumberland, saving to the archbishop of York the houses and lands that she bought from Master William of Lichfield, which the aforesaid William le Breton had as a prest from the same archbishop.

[No date]. William de Vescy gives 1 m. for having a writ of attaint. Order to the sheriff of Northumberland etc. ¹

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Entry cancelled.

24 Oct. Westminster. Concerning keeping vills. The king has committed his vill of Winchelsea to Simon de Greneweye to keep together with John son of Roger for as long as it pleases the king.

Concerning keeping vills. The king has committed his vill of Rye to the same Simon to keep together with William Beufiz for as long as it pleases the king.

For the countess of Lincoln. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to place in respite, until the morrow of Hilary in the thirty-first year, the demand which they make by summons of the Exchequer from M. countess of Lincoln for several debts.

25 Oct. Westminster. Concerning a pardon. The king has pardoned to William de Vescy 10 m. of the 130 m. which he owes him for several amercements, and has granted him that he is to render the aforesaid 120 m. within four years, namely £10 at the Exchequer of Easter in the thirty-first year, £10 at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the same year, and £20 thus from year to year at the same terms until the aforesaid 120 m. are paid to the king. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause William to be quit from the aforesaid 10 m. and to have the aforesaid terms for the 120 m. ¹

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This, and the following entry, are written in a different hand to the rest of the membrane.

For the prior of the Hospital. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause the prior of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem in England to have respite, until three weeks from Easter in the thirty-first year, ¹ from the 50 m. at which he was amerced in Oxfordshire and from the 20 m. at which he was amerced in Essex for disseisin, and from 100s. at which he was amerced in Northamptonshire for a trespass of the forest.

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The remainder of the entry is corrected from ‘from several amercements which are exacted from him by summons of the Exchequer’.

[No date]. Northumberland. William de Vescy gives 5 m. for having a writ of attaint removed from the county court of Northumberland to the county court of Yorkshire. Order to the sheriff of Northumberland etc.

[No date]. Sussex. Amaury, parson of Lancing, gives 1 m. for having a precipe [to remove a plea] from the county court of Sussex to [the justices of the Bench at] Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Sussex etc.

[No date]. Cambridgeshire. Robert de Mortimer and Isabella, his wife, give 10 m. for having an assize of mort d’ancestor before Henry of Bath at the day and place etc. Order to the sheriff of Cambridgeshire etc.

27 Oct. Westminster. For Walter of Clifford. The king has granted to Walter of Clifford that he is to render 20 m. at the Exchequer on the morrow of the Close of Easter in the thirty-first year and 20 m. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas next following of the 40 m. that remain to be rendered to him of the 100 m. at which he was amerced. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause him to have those terms.

Guildford. For the men of Bridgnorth. The king has granted to the men of Bridgnorth that if they shall pay 20 m. at Martinmas of the 40 m. at which they were tallaged, which is to be rendered to him at the same feast, then they are to have respite from the remaining 20 m. until the morrow of Hilary. Order to the barons of the Exchequer that, the aforesaid 20 m. having been paid, they are to cause them to have the aforesaid term for the remaining 20 m.

From here it is to be sent to the Exchequer.